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Insufficient coverage in reliable independent secondary sources. The "accrediting association" mentioned above is a sham fringe group of dubious notability itself, and does not lend any notability to the subject. The Princeton review mention is not independent, but written by the school itself. Other
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it's a real school, giving courses leading to a real degree. The only reason for deleting it is an objection to the subject that it teaches. (As it happens, I share the view that what it teaches is fringe science at best, and I wish very much its degrees were not accredited and did not lead to a
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I can't speak for the notability of the CNME, but it does appear to be an authentic accreditation agency: "CNME is recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as the national accrediting agency for programs leading to Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine (ND or NMD) or Doctor of Naturopathy (ND)
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Schools are schools and degrees are degrees. Some may refuse to recognise these degrees whilst many others accept them readily and they're also a requirement in certain professions.
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mentions are trivial, and added together amount to far too little to meet any of our notability guidelines. My own search turned up nothing significant.
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Article provides no references that support the notability of this organization beyond it's listing in a directory of alt-med practices.
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license to practice. Unfortunately, it's otherwise. WP presents the real world, not the world as some of us would like it. )
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which is recognized as an accrediting body by various states and provinces that license the practice of naturopathy (e.g.
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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The only reason for deleting it is an objection to the subject that it teaches.
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to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
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Association of Accredited Naturopathic Medical Colleges
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real school, giving courses leading to a real degree.
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