Sociology
We live in an unequal society in which social class, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexuality and other similar distinctions powerfully influence the lives we are able to live. In this course we will investigate and discuss the…
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Howard University
Howard University's course descriptions average 67.4 on the 100-to-0 ruler: clearly left of center. Across all 100 schools, the average is 67.5, so Howard University reads 0.2 points further right.
Liberal (100)center (50)Conservative (0)
Where its courses fall
0%Far left92–100
18%Left75–91
76%Center-left59–74
6%Center42–58
0%Center-right26–41
0%Right9–25
0%Far right0–8
Underlined: words the model quoted from the description when we asked it, after scoring, to explain its score.
Furthest left
Ethnic & African American Studies
Explore the political and economic forces that explain the relative under-development of the "Third World" today. Attention given to the emergence of the "Third World" and the historic and modern forces of exploitation that have shaped and continue to shape it.
Art & Art History
This course will explore the relationship between Black women and visual culture, putting particular emphasis on the fine arts, film, the music industry, mass media, and gaming culture. Each of these forms of visual culture depends on the…
Furthest right
None. Howard University has 17 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 64.9 to 69.8; a comparison whose range overlaps this one is not a reliable difference.
- Only 17 of Howard 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.
Howard University by department (share of courses described from the left)
| Department | Left-framed share | Courses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology | 7.8% | 64 | view |
| Ethnic & African American Studies | 4.9% | 82 | view |
| English & Comparative Literature | 2.4% | 82 | view |
| Religious Studies | 1.9% | 54 | view |
| Psychology | 1.8% | 56 | view |
| Political Science | 1.8% | 113 | view |
| History | 1.2% | 82 | view |
| Art & Art History | 0.6% | 172 | view |
| Anthropology | 0% | 2 | view |
| Economics | 0% | 50 | view |
| Philosophy | 0% | 52 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard University | mean_bias_score | 67.4 | 64.9 – 69.8 | 810 | 17 |
| 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.