Supreme Court Case Study: Academic And Medical Education

Procedural History: Ewing was enrolled in a 6-year program of combined undergraduate and medical education at the University of Michigan known as "Inteflex." For Ewing to qualify for the final two years of the program, a student must pass an examination known as "NBME Part I." Respondent was dismissed from the University when he failed this examination with the lowest score recorded in the history of the Inteflex program. After Ewing was unsuccessful in the readmission process to the program, he brought the case to the Federal District Court. He was alleging a right to retake the examination on the ground, inter alia, that he had a property interest in the Inteflex program and that his dismissal was arbitrary and capricious in violation of his "substantive due process rights" guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. While determining that respondent had a constitutionally

The evidence before the judges indicated several concerns on the academic performance of Ewing. Officials from the university had taken all the necessary steps to assist the student in vain. It was thus the reasoning of the judges that university officials had acted in good faith by applying their professional judgments that were made after careful consideration of the student performance.
Answer to Issues: The court acted in respect to the University set norms and thus was mandated to respect all academics decision by the university. Deviation from state laws was evident in the case with no state laws being applied to conclude the case. The court ended up terming the case as unfortunate that clearly shows that the particular case should not have been litigated. Admission of students and dismissal of situation suffers a great deal whenever judicial processes are involved in making decisions concerning academic reviews.