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Emory University's course descriptions average 62.3 on the 100-to-0 ruler: clearly left of center. Across all 100 schools, the average is 67.5, so Emory University reads 5.3 points further right.

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Emory University: 62.3 (likely range 60.5 to 64.0) All 100 schools: 67.5 each other school in the comparison

Where its courses fall

8%Far left92–100

29%Left75–91

37%Center-left59–74

11%Center42–58

1%Center-right26–41

8%Right9–25

6%Far right0–8

89 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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Framing Subject

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.

Furthest-left subjects

HIST 420W · Stalin & Stalinism100

History

Jr/Sr Colloquium. This class will study not simply the rise and rule of Iosef Stalin-one of the Twentieth Century's most sanguinary rulers-but also the deep social, political and cultural revolutions he wrought that still shape post-Soviet Russia and the world.

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PHIL 335 · Marx and Marxism100

Philosophy

Survey of the basic tenets of Marxist thought from Marx to the present. Issues include the nature of value under capitalism, alienation and exploitation, the philosophy of history, class division and struggle, ideology, and revolution.…

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HIST 333 · Russia in War and Revolution96

History

This course will concentrate on the causes, course and consequences of the Russian Revolution from 1900 to the formation of the Soviet Union and Vladimir Lenin's death in 1924.

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Furthest-right subjects

AAS 384 · Slavery in US Hist & Culture0

Ethnic & African American Studies

An in-depth study of the current historical knowledge of 19th century slavery in the southern United States; and how slavery has been depicted in popular culture, films and literature in the 20th and 21st centuries.

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HIST 342 · The Old South0

History

Examines the South from its colonial origins to the Civil War, with emphasis on the social, political, and economic development of a slave society.

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HIST 362 · History of the Caribbean0

History

Development of the major islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico, from colonial times to the present. Emphasizes evolution of plantation societies, slavery and race relations, international rivalries, economic dependence,…

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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 60.5 to 64.0; a comparison whose range overlaps this one is not a reliable difference.

Only 21 of Emory 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.

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

Department	Left-framed share	Courses
Women's & Gender Studies	18.2%	22	view
Ethnic & African American Studies	9.2%	65	view
Sociology	5.5%	55	view
History	3.4%	148	view
Economics	1.7%	60	view
Political Science	1.1%	93	view
Anthropology	1.0%	98	view
Art & Art History	0%	66	view
English & Comparative Literature	0%	116	view
Philosophy	0%	82	view
Psychology	0%	70	view
Religious Studies	0%	60	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
Emory University	mean_bias_score	62.3	60.5 – 64.0	935	21
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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