Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fremont College


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   keep. Cirt (talk) 00:58, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Fremont College

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Non-notable proprietary career college with no significant third-party references. Reads like an ad, author is apparently a single purpose account. Searching Fremont College on google returns three related hits: this article, and two links to their website, google news comes back with absolutely nothing.

Accredited or not, as a for-profit institution, Fremont should be held to the same notability standards as a business, and in that regard, it fails miserably. 2 says you, says two 23:12, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  —• Gene93k (talk) 23:44, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:45, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment - normally, high schools and colleges are notable. Does this really grant degrees or just diplomas? Is it really accredited? Bearian (talk) 00:24, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Technically, yes they are accredited. It is through one of those national organizations designed to meet the bare minimum DoE requirements to receive Title IV federal aid, not one of the more recognized regional accreditation agencies. I also remember reading somewhere that the idea of all schools being notable does not necessarily hold true for for-profit institutions. Anyone can set up a career school and get dubious "national accreditation" and call themselves a college. 2 says you, says two 13:50, 25 January 2010 (UTC

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget  00:38, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment - This is not a notable educational institution. They do not even have a physical campus. Their website indicates they just got "a sign" to put on the "building" they occupy. —• Raider2000 (talk) 14:04, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep. Google News unearthed a fascinating connection between this institution in its 1956 naming and Sequoia University, which is better documented.  At the time the institution was investigated as a diploma mill and received attention across the state of California.  It's worth keeping for that alone.   Edward Vielmetti (talk) 01:46, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep in some form, I suppose, per Edward Vielmetti. I am not opposed to a merge or what have you, I just think there is a home for this content somewhere.   JBsupreme  ( talk ) 01:53, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Strong keep - Among other things, it's fully accredited as an institution of higher education. (I verified its accreditation on its accreditor's database, and from a US Dept of Education directory I verified that the accreditor is recognized as an accreditor.) Furthermore, Fremont apparently has a long history. --Orlady (talk) 02:36, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Past consensus has stated that accreditation is not necessarily an indicator of notability when the school in question is for-profit or proprietary, these schools are to be treated like businesses for WP:N. That being said, if there's a connection with L. Ron Hubbard then this should be kept, personally I'd feel better with a merge - Sequoia has better sourcing and is more developed, we could fit what is verifiable from Fremont with that. 2 says you, says two 05:16, 31 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep - accredited degree awarding institution with interesting history. TerriersFan (talk) 16:42, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Accredited institution, sufficient sources to show notability. Rebecca (talk) 15:46, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - I'm going to go with precedent, or if you will, common outcomes - most colleges, proprietary or not, are notable. COI disclosure: I work for another proprietary college. Bearian (talk) 18:04, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.