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American University · Economics

1.1% of American University's Economics course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' Economics departments, it is 1.5%.

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American University: 1.1% Economics at all 100 schools: 1.5% each other school in the comparison

Where Economics courses fall

0%Far left92–100
14%Left75–91
86%Center-left59–74
0%Center42–58
0%Center-right26–41
0%Right9–25
0%Far right0–8
7 plotted courses (the ones with a political subject). 100 = far left, 50 = the average American, 0 = far right. Subject places what a course studies, not the side it takes.

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FramingSubject

Subject places what a course studies, not the side it takes. A course on slavery or the Holocaust lands far right and a course on Marx or the Soviet Union lands far left, whether the course praises, criticizes or simply describes it.

Furthest-left subjects

ECON 317 · Political Economy78

Economics

Survey of alternative theories of political economy (e.g., Marxian, Feminist, and Institutionalist) with applications to current economic problems and institutions. Usually Offered: alternate springs (odd years). Prerequisite: ECON-100 ; and ECON-150 or ECON-200 .

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ECON 351 · Comparative Economic Systems72

Economics

Analysis and comparison of different economic institutions as they affect economic democracy, efficiency, and equity. Using a case study approach, the course covers the differences between the economic systems of various industrialized…

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ECON 674 · Gender Economics I72

Economics

This course explores the gender dimensions of economic life drawn from a rich body of gender-aware analyses in micro- and macro-economics. Using analytical models, empirical studies, case histories, and ethnographic research, it examines…

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Furthest-right subjects

None. American University Economics has 7 courses with a left-of-center subject and not one with a right-of-center subject.

Why this number, in plain words

Share of courses described from the left. Percent of all courses in the group whose Framing reading is leftward: the description frames its subject one-sidedly to the left.

Counted: all courses in the group, including N and I. No interval is published for this number.

  • Readings are of catalog description text, not of teaching, syllabi or individual professors.
Details: exact rows, definitions and method
NameMetricValue95% intervalnscored
American University · Economicsbias_left_share1.1—91—
Economicsbias_left_share1.51.3 – 1.88,432—
Formula
100 * count(bias_cat = 'L') / n
Interval
Wilson score 95% (wilson_interval)
Model / prompt / snapshot
gpt-5.6-sol · r12 (2026-10-16-le49-r12) · 6df50b10
Metric caveats
Right-framed courses are almost absent (33 of 124,290); this run cannot tell catalog reality from model sensitivity. Compare schools with adjusted_ratio, not this raw share, because department mix differs.

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