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Macalester College · History

18.8% of Macalester College's History course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' History departments, it is 8.3%.

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Macalester College: 18.8% History at all 100 schools: 8.3% each other school in the comparison

Where History courses fall

0%Far left92–100

13%Left75–91

81%Center-left59–74

6%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

Furthest left

HIST 305 · Telling Queer and Trans Stories: Oral History as Method and Practice88

History

Cross-Listed as WGSS 305 Much about the mainstream narratives of queerness and gender transgression have been determined by powerful, cis-dominated institutions, still even to this day: the media, schools, police, the law, doctors and…

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HIST 268 · American Indians in Public History: Museums and Memor76

History

This course examines the historical and contemporary role of American Indians in public history and the often-contradictory goals of Native nations and museums. Many museums see themselves as the authorities on the proper storage,…

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HIST 315 · U.S. Imperialism from the Philippines to Viet Nam72

History

Cross-Listed as AMST 315 and ASIA 315 In this discussion-based seminar, we will examine U.S. Global presence through the lenses of empire, diaspora, and transnationalism. We will look specifically at U.S. involvement in the Philippines and…

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Furthest right

None. Macalester College 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
Macalester College · History	bias_left_share	18.8	—	85	—
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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