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Eugene Volokh | 1.5.2026 8:01 AM

From Penzo v. South College of Tenn., Inc., decided in 2023 by Judge Travis McDonough (E.D. Tenn.), but just posted on Westlaw:

South College requires its physician-assistant-program students to maintain a grade point average ("GPA") of at least 3.0 to remain in the program. This requirement and the consequences for failing to meet it are explained as follows in the South College Master of Health Science Physician Assistant Program Student Handbook ("Handbook"):

A student with a cumulative GPA below 3.0 at the end of any didactic quarter or clinical rotation will receive notification from the Student Progress Committee that they are on Probation. If the student fails to raise his/her cumulative GPA to 3.0 or higher at the end of the next didactic quarter or clinical rotation, he/she will be dismissed from the........

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