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George Washington University · History

3.8% of George Washington University's History course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' History departments, it is 8.3%.

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George Washington University: 3.8% History at all 100 schools: 8.3% each other school in the comparison

Where History courses fall

0%Far left92–100
22%Left75–91
28%Center-left59–74
17%Center42–58
8%Center-right26–41
17%Right9–25
8%Far right0–8
36 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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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 3615 · History of Chinese Communism90

History

Survey of the leadership, ideology, structure, and foreign and domestic policies of the Chinese Communist Party from its inception to the present.

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HIST 2311 · The Jacksonian Era and the Rise of Mass Politics83

History

The period 1824-1950 as a crucial era in American history; popular impact of social and political changes caused by the growth of the market economy; emergence of two national political parties; and new reforms focused increasingly on slavery as the country's greatest problem.

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HIST 3361 · African American History Since 186583

History

The Black freedom movement, including gender politics, cultural expression, labor organizing, and radicalism in major eras of activism from emancipation and Reconstruction through the great migration, Black power, Black feminism, and civil rights. Same As: AMST 3361 .

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Furthest-right subjects

HIST 2312 · The American Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-18770

History

Examination of the political crises of the1850s to determine how and why the issue of slavery led to the American Civil War; the war's important battles, including how generals and common soldiers shaped outcomes; Reconstruction and the…

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HIST 3061 · The Holocaust0

History

The origins, causes, and significance of the Nazi attempt to destroy European Jewry, within the context of European and Jewish history. Related themes include the behavior of perpetrators, victims, and bystanders; literary responses;…

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HIST 6311 · The Era of the Civil War, 1850-18770

History

Consideration of how and why the issue of slavery led to the American Civil War. Conflict on the battlefield and the political and social impact of the war in both the North and the South. Examination of the Reconstruction period as a means…

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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
George Washington University · Historybias_left_share3.8—209—
Historybias_left_share8.37.9 – 8.717,232—
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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