Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Universidad Empresarial de Costa Rica

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The result was Keep. I am assuming that DGG's !vote is "Keep", given the comments that follow it. As stated in another, similar AfD, absence of an edu domain does not say much (if anything) outside of the USA. Randykitty (talk) 15:09, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Universidad Empresarial de Costa Rica[edit]

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I'm aware that universities are normally considered notable. However, I'm having trouble persuading myself that this one exists at all. It doesn't have an .edu domain; it doesn't have a street address; it doesn't get any hits on Gnews or its archive. Yes it was authorised to grant degrees in 1997, but that was seventeen years ago. See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Universidad San Juan de la Cruz. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:38, 23 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:02, 23 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Latin America-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:02, 23 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment just a few notes:

The Costa Rican Ministry of Education seems to think it exists, having accredited three courses there (B.Acc., BBA and MBA)[1], though none of its degrees are accredited by the higher standard SINAES [2]. This dissertation also classifies it as inactive due to a lack of recent graduates [3] (p.47).
Not all universities use the .edu domain (take European or Japanese universities, for example).
The closest thing I could find for a street address was a postal one: P. O. Box 62-2050 in San Jose, Costa Rica.
It's mentioned in Der Spegiel for allegedly selling Doctorial and Professor titles [4] (in German).

I'm not sure you could classify this private university in the traditional brick and mortar sense, but it did crop up quite a lot while I was googling - mainly for degree accreditation at other educational institutions. Maybe the best angle for notability would be the accreditation mill allegation. Fuebaey (talk) 06:21, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 00:08, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment If some effort was put into improving it, this would likely be a Keeper. VMS Mosaic (talk) 03:19, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment- The degree programs for Universidad Empresarial and all private universities that are not under SINAES, are accredited by the higher standards of UNIRE [5]. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.66.168.215 (talk) 19:09, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Deep It's been considered an "infamous diploma mill" a/c the Costa Rica star-ledger. Between that and the Der Spiegel reference it would take rewriting and watching. But we do include articles on notable diploma mills. DGG ( talk ) 09:17, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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