In Matters of Student Evaluations or Dismissals from Academic Programs

question 10

Multiple Choice

In matters of student evaluations or dismissals from academic programs, courts:

• A) carefully review the basis upon which professors made their decisions and determine whether or not it was a reasonable decision, given the circumstances.
• B) defer to the judgment of professors, unless the professors failed to use an acceptable number system in making their decisions.
• C) defer to the judgment of professors unless the professors used only subjective decision-making.
• D) defer to the judgment of professors, unless established procedures were violated or the evaluations were clearly unfair.
• E) usually reverse the decisions of professors because students do not sue unless they have been treated unfairly.

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