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Harvard University · History

15.2% of Harvard University's History course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' History departments, it is 8.3%.

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Harvard University: 15.2% History at all 100 schools: 8.3% each other school in the comparison

Where History courses fall

6%Far left92–100

13%Left75–91

81%Center-left59–74

0%Center42–58

0%Center-right26–41

0%Right9–25

0%Far right0–8

16 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.

Furthest left

HIST 1908 · Racial Capitalism and the Black Radical Tradition92

History

This course explores a history of radical responses to a world system dependent on war, empire, enslavement, and genocide. Guided by the writings of such scholars as W.E.B. Du Bois, C.L.R. James, Eric Williams, Walter Rodney, and Cedric…

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HIST 97T · What is the History of Capitalism?77

History

What is capitalism, and how did it develop? In an era when our planet is being ravaged by the effects of unsustainable growth, this question stands as one of the most pressing inquiries for historians. Today, capitalism structures society…

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HIST 16H · Body Politics: Disability in the British Empire75

History

Why are certain people's bodies considered more valuable than others? Classifying certain bodies as more or less useful has allowed governments to control populations. In this class we will explore how empires drew distinctions between…

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Furthest right

None. Harvard University History has 16 left-framed courses and not one right-framed course.

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

Name	Metric	Value	95% interval	n	scored
Harvard University · History	bias_left_share	15.2	—	105	—
History	bias_left_share	8.3	7.9 – 8.7	17,232	—

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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