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Marquette University's course descriptions average 64.5 on the 100-to-0 ruler: clearly left of center. Across all 100 schools, the average is 67.5, so Marquette University reads 3.0 points further right.

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Marquette University: 64.5 (likely range 62.8 to 66.3) All 100 schools: 67.5 each other school in the comparison

Where its courses fall

3%Far left92–100

34%Left75–91

44%Center-left59–74

10%Center42–58

<1%Center-right26–41

3%Right9–25

4%Far right0–8

118 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 4271H · Honors Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union100

History

Pre-revolutionary Russia from 1861, the Revolution of 1917, Soviet economic growth and totalitarianism, and the emergence of the USSR as a world power and its subsequent collapse. As an Honors Program course, includes a more intensive research or project component.

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PHIL 3660 · Marx and Marxism100

Philosophy

Marx's intellectual transition from "leftist" Hegelianism to dialectical materialism; and thence, from his study of political economics to Das Kapital. Developments and adaptations of Marx's thought as found in thinkers representative of various schools of Marx interpretation.

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SOCI 4730 · Capitalism, Socialism and Emancipation100

Sociology

Examines the core dynamics of capitalist society in the Marxist tradition of critical social science. Does capitalism promote human flourishing, freedom and democracy? Might socialism or some other system better promote these values?…

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Furthest-right subjects

HIST 4266 · Nazi Germany and the Holocaust0

History

Overview of the history of Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945. Primarily focuses on the origins and development of the Holocaust and the attempted genocide of the Jews of Europe. Concentrates on the conception and implementation of Nazi…

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HIST 4460 · Race and History of South Africa0

History

Explores the relationship between history and race in South Africa, especially how the state-dictated system of racial separation and discrimination affected the lived experience of South Africa’s diverse populations. Topics include but are…

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HIST 4600 · Comparative Twentieth-Century Genocides0

History

Examines the emergence, development, underlying causes and uses of genocide, ethnic cleansing and the other crimes against humanity in the twentieth-century. Case studies include colonial genocides; the Armenian genocide; the Holocaust; the…

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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 62.8 to 66.3; a comparison whose range overlaps this one is not a reliable difference.

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.

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

Department	Left-framed share	Courses
Women's & Gender Studies	50%	2	view
Sociology	11.9%	42	view
English & Comparative Literature	10.7%	149	view
History	10.3%	107	view
Anthropology	9.4%	32	view
Psychology	5.2%	97	view
Philosophy	3.8%	79	view
Religious Studies	2.2%	226	view
Political Science	1.0%	104	view
Art & Art History	0%	24	view
Economics	0%	54	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
Marquette University	mean_bias_score	64.5	62.8 – 66.3	916	51
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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