History
This course explores the causes and consequences of the Bolshevik Revolution. Topics include the collapse of the tsarist regime, consolidation of communist rule, the rise of Stalin, and de-Stalinization. We explore the successes and…
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Swarthmore College · History
10.8% of Swarthmore College's History course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' History departments, it is 8.3%.
0%35%
Where History courses fall
7%Far left92–100
33%Left75–91
27%Center-left59–74
13%Center42–58
9%Center-right26–41
4%Right9–25
7%Far right0–8
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
History
Starting with an overview of major themes in the separate but related histories of capitalism and witch-hunting, this course is centered around Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici: a book that lies at the intersection of these topics.…
History
The first few chapters of Cedric Robinson's Black Marxism - the book which introduced the concept of "racial capitalism" to the American academy and public culture - will provide the structure in this first year seminar for a deeper inquiry…
Furthest-right subjects
History
This survey course focuses on the origins and impact of the slave trade on West African societies. Concentration: Culture and Identity, Domination and Resistance Social sciences. 1 credit. Eligible for BLST, GLBL-Paired. Concentration:…
History
This course explores the roots of Nazism, the implementation of the Final Solution, the legacy of the Holocaust on European society, and the representation of the Holocaust through an interdisciplinary approach that relies on primary…
History
This course explores the various manifestations of fascism as an ideological, cultural, and political movement in Europe from 1919 to 1945. Special attention will be paid to Spain, Italy, Germany, Romania, and England. Social sciences. 1…
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swarthmore College · History | bias_left_share | 10.8 | — | 120 | — |
| 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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