Opinion
June 15, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Golden, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
Judicial review of the determinations of educational institutions regarding the academic performance of students is limited to the question of "whether the challenged determination was arbitrary and capricious, irrational, made in bad faith or contrary to Constitution or statute" (Matter of Susan M. v. New York Law School, 76 N.Y.2d 241, 246; Matter of Olsson v. Board of Higher Educ., 49 N.Y.2d 408, 413-414; Esmail v. State Univ., 220 A.D.2d 328; Matter of Rafman v. Brooklyn Coll., 212 A.D.2d 795, 796).
The petitioner was on academic probation and was already repeating his third year of medical school when he received four "conditional" grades because he failed written examinations in four of his clerkships. As a result, and in accordance with the provisions of the Student Handbook, the Academic Promotions Committee convened to review the petitioner's academic record and, after providing him with an opportunity to appear and present evidence, dismissed him from the College of Medicine. The petitioner was also provided with an opportunity to appeal his case to' the Dean of the College of Medicine. It is clear that the determination to dismiss the petitioner from the medical school was properly based upon academic considerations, and was not arbitrary or capricious (see, Jeudy v. City Coll., 233 A.D.2d 127; see also, Matter of Rafman v. Brooklyn Coll., supra, at 796).
The petitioner's remaining contentions are without merit.
Rosenblatt, J.P., Miller, Ritter and Goldstein, JJ., concur.