Talk:Hamburger University/Archives/2012

Lack of Citations
Is there any proof that this "University" even exists? The only link provided is just the main McDonalds website.

Number of Instructors
Part of the article says 22 resident instructors, another part of this same article says 30. Which is it?!

Weeks of Classes
"There were 85 weeks of classes conducted in 2000."

Either this is a typo, or some explanation is needed of how 85 weeks of class fit into a 52 week year.


 * That is really weird. I suggest that we comment it ( <! --   -- > ) --webkid 18:50, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Allow me to explain.....2 weeks of training can be going on at the same time...for an example....one week of training could start on monday the next could start on the wednesday of that very same week, so that's two classes going on at the same time means two weeks of training are going on in one week, but there's not always two classes going on, just part of the year....I hope this helps. thank you ~ E3323

Is it a university?
I presume it is not actually a University in the strict sense? Does it gives acredited degress? Can we clarify that in the article? On the website it claims to have Hamberger Universities in England, Japan, Germany and Australia. Certainly in the UK the threshold for an institution to be called a university is very high, eg a Royal Charter is needed, and MacDolalds will not be able to call themselves a University here. Billlion 14:49, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

God, we have to make clear this is CERTAINLY NOT anything near a real university. Their web claims some US institution said their courses are worth ~20 credits. Don't know about USA university credits, but here in Spain each year you make ~60 credits, which means (here) you've been 600 hours in the classroom or the lab. I'm not willing to diminish merit to whatever they teach there, but to call it University is mere marketing. It's like Microsoft calling you Engineer if you pass their MCSEs =) --euyyn 15:11, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Nicknames
Should we inlcude the fact that Hamburger University is commonly nicknamed the "McCollege"? Timekeeper 16:10, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * That would be a cool bit of information under "Trivia", as long as you have a source. Just add the source to the bottom. -- J @  red  [T]/[+ ] 02:45, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

The issue with having a source is it is just word of mouth and nothing official. Timekeeper 14:00, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * That would count as "original research". Billlion 22:14, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah, okay. Is there a page on "original research" so I can learn how to use it properly? Timekeeper 02:57, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is abbreviated WP:NOR --euyyn 01:20, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I tried a search engine to find "McCollege", about 200 references but mostly nothing relevant, "McCollege" and "Hamburger University" as a search only finds a page or two, nothing useful in the lot. --66.102.80.239 04:43, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Founder disputed
The official site states that Fred L. Turner was the founder of Hamburger University, but this article (The Plain Dealer, September 25, 2008) states that Nick Karos, Ray Kroc's tenth hire, created the concept. Mapsax (talk) 21:36, 19 November 2008 (UTC)