MATTER OF GHALY v. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

10768, 101137/16.

179 A.D.3d 484 (2020)

113 N.Y.S.3d 875

2020 NY Slip Op 00237

In the Matter of Magdy Ghaly, Appellant, v. Columbia University et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided January 14, 2020.


Petitioner twice failed an examination he was required to pass in order to continue in respondents' engineering Ph.D. program. After requesting, and being granted, a professional degree in Civil Engineering, petitioner brought the instant proceeding. "`Strong policy considerations militate against the intervention of courts in controversies relating to an educational institution's judgment' on core academic policy regarding a student's academic performance and examinations...

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