Banks

Appellant Margaret L. Banks contends the trial court wrongly granted summary judgment against her numerous legal claims. All these claims arise from her contentions that she was improperly given grades of “incomplete” in a private university program leading to a teaching credential, and was dismissed from this program, after a number of disturbing episodes of unprofessional or unacceptable conduct by appellant caused the program’s faculty to reasonably believe she would not be able to successfully complete the course of study or become a suitable teacher of young people. We find no error and affirm. We also grant respondents’ requests, and impose substantial sanctions upon appellant for the filing and prosecution of a frivolous appeal.

I. Facts and Procedural History

Appellant enrolled as a student at respondent Dominican College (Dominican) in a one-year graduate program leading to a teaching credential. She had previously successfully completed a program at Dominican in the field of legal studies.

The teaching program at Dominican includes two phases: The first is a semester of more traditional course work; this is followed by a semester of clinical experience…