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Brown UniversityBrown University's course descriptions average 67.8 on the 100-to-0 ruler: clearly left of center. Across all 100 schools, the average is 67.5, so Brown University reads 0.2 points further left.
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.
Underlined: words the model quoted from the description when we asked it, after scoring, to explain its score.
Ethnic & African American Studies
This small, discussion-based seminar will examine the concept of “abolition” and its relationship to Black Studies. In the aftermath of the uprisings of 2020, abolition has become part of popular discourse in ways hardly imagined by some of…
Ethnic & African American Studies
in the Americas, 1725-1865. This course explores the history of slave revolts in North and South America and the Caribbean. It examines how acts of resistance transformed the lives of enslaved Africans and their relationships with white…
Ethnic & African American Studies
for a Better Tomorrow. In the last decade, we have witnessed the acceleration of technological experimentation and production. As such, this class explores the role that Black speculation plays in helping us envision and create…
Anthropology
Perspectives on Slavery in the New World. Archaeology of slavery, and particularly that of enslaved African-American communities in what came to be the United States, has been one of the fastest growing areas of archaeological research in…
English & Comparative Literature
How do novels make readers experience such traumatic historical events as war, slavery, genocide, the internment, and civil conflict? What kind of political or ethical perspective on such events do literary narratives encourage? How do…
English & Comparative Literature
Although the term "terrorism" was coined in the 18th century, and although its contemporary resonance has reached an unprecedented pitch, the truly terrible century was arguably the 20th. This course introduces 20th century literature in…
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 67.0 to 68.5; a comparison whose range overlaps this one is not a reliable difference.
| Department | Left-framed share | Courses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's & Gender Studies | 48.9% | 92 | view |
| Ethnic & African American Studies | 34.8% | 282 | view |
| Sociology | 21.2% | 226 | view |
| History | 21.2% | 471 | view |
| Anthropology | 14.1% | 249 | view |
| Political Science | 9.7% | 340 | view |
| Religious Studies | 8.4% | 179 | view |
| English & Comparative Literature | 7.1% | 967 | view |
| Art & Art History | 6.5% | 261 | view |
| Economics | 3.4% | 148 | view |
| Philosophy | 2.8% | 143 | view |
| Psychology | 2.1% | 187 | view |
Lean (mean Framing score) is not published per department within a school; only the left-framed share is. Department rows carry no interval.
| Name | Metric | Value | 95% interval | n | scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown University | mean_bias_score | 67.8 | 67.0 – 68.5 | 3,545 | 475 |
| All 100 schools | mean_bias_score | 67.5 | 67.4 – 67.7 | 124,290 | 10,124 |