Does a student have a substantive due process right protecting her from bad faith dismissal?

In addition to whatever process may be due a student upon academic dismissal, a student has a substantive due process right protecting her from an arbitrary or bad faith dismissal. See Regents of Univ. of Michigan v. Ewing, 474 U.S. 214, 224-25, 106 S.Ct. 507, 88 L.Ed.2d 523 (1985); see also Haberle v. Univ. of Alabama in Birmingham, 803 F.2d 1536, 1539 (11th Cir.1986). We defer to the decision of the school officials unless the plaintiff can show a substantial deviation from standard procedures: