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Baylor University's course descriptions average 61 on the 100-to-0 ruler: clearly left of center. Across all 100 schools, the average is 67.5, so Baylor University reads 6.5 points further right.

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Baylor University: 61 (likely range 55.1 to 66.9) All 100 schools: 67.5 each other school in the comparison

Where its courses fall

0%Far left92–100

0%Left75–91

33%Center-left59–74

67%Center42–58

0%Center-right26–41

0%Right9–25

0%Far right0–8

3 plotted courses (the ones with a political framing). 100 = far left, 50 = the average American, 0 = far right.

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Framing Subject

Underlined: words the model quoted from the description when we asked it, after scoring, to explain its score.

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PSC 4309 · Environmental Justice67

Political Science

Cross-listed as ENV 4309 Pre-requisite(s): Upper level standing or permission of the instructor Explores the intersection between environmental issues, social justice, and sustainable development. Examines how some communities bear a…

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ENG 2301 · British Literature58

English & Comparative Literature

The great works of British literature, from the earliest English poetry to the twenty-first century. Includes works by both women and men, from the different regions of the British Isles, and works representative of Britain as a…

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HIS 4375 · The American Civil Rights Movement58

History

Pre-requisite(s): Nine semester hours of history or consent of instructor An in-depth exploration of the origins, major events, and legacy of the struggle to gain full equality for African Americans in the century following the American…

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None. Baylor University has 3 left-framed courses and not one right-framed course.

Why this number, in plain words

Political lean of course descriptions. Average Framing score (0 = far right, 50 = center, 100 = far left) of the scored courses in the group.

50 is the survey-anchored center of US adults on each issue (the "moderate" place of the ANES/GSS/PRRI seven-label ruler), not the cohort midpoint; scores above 50 read leftward, below 50 rightward.

Counted: courses with a Framing score (categories L/R/B/C). The likely range (95% interval) is 55.1 to 66.9; a comparison whose range overlaps this one is not a reliable difference.

Only 3 of Baylor University's descriptions carried a scorable lean, so this average and its rank are rough; the interval is the honest range.
Most course descriptions carry no political lean at all and are not in this average; the "share described from the left" view counts them.
Readings are of catalog description text, not of teaching, syllabi or individual professors.

Baylor University by department (share of courses described from the left)

Department	Left-framed share	Courses
English & Comparative Literature	1.4%	69	view
Political Science	1.3%	79	view
History	1.0%	104	view
Anthropology	0%	66	view
Art & Art History	0%	106	view
Economics	0%	39	view
Ethnic & African American Studies	0%	1	view
Philosophy	0%	48	view
Psychology	0%	39	view
Religious Studies	0%	71	view
Sociology	0%	31	view
Women's & Gender Studies	0%	1	view

Lean (mean Framing score) is not published per department within a school; only the left-framed share is. Department rows carry no interval.

Details: exact rows, definitions and method

Name	Metric	Value	95% interval	n	scored
Baylor University	mean_bias_score	61	55.1 – 66.9	654	3
All 100 schools	mean_bias_score	67.5	67.4 – 67.7	124,290	10,124

Formula: SUM(bias_score) / COUNT(bias_score)
Interval: normal approximation: mean +/- 1.96 * sd / sqrt(n), sample sd (n-1); undefined when n < 2
Model / prompt / snapshot: gpt-5.6-sol · r12 (2026-10-16-le49-r12) · 6df50b10
Metric caveats: Scored courses only (L/R/B/C); N and I carry no score and are excluded, so n here is smaller than the group's course count. Scores are model readings of catalog description text against a fixed anchored definition, not teaching or syllabi. The interval covers sampling noise in the mean only; it does not represent model reading error. Every value carries a `method` label: exact_rows or histogram_midpoint.

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