Nickerson v. University of Alaska Anchorage

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

Wayne Nickerson, a former graduate student at the University of Alaska Anchorage, appeals the University’s decisions to remove him from an advanced teaching practicum and to dismiss him from the special education endorsement program. The primary questions in this case concern whether the University complied with its own handbook and course catalog and whether the University’s dismissal of Nickerson satisfied due process. We conclude that the University complied with its own internal procedures, but remand for further findings as to whether the University comported with…