History
After a period of relative neglect, scholars and activists are again taking up the study of capitalism. Returning to the concerns of Marx, they are seeking the roots of our present crises and injustices in the social system he theorized and…
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The New School · History
31.9% of The New School'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
0%Far left92–100
12%Left75–91
82%Center-left59–74
6%Center42–58
0%Center-right26–41
0%Right9–25
0%Far right0–8
Furthest left
History
This class explores the power of Beautiful Trouble. Much like the “good trouble” championed by Civil Rights icon John Lewis, Beautiful Trouble refers to life-affirming, non-violent direct action seeking greater freedom, justice, and peace.…
History
A university degree has long been seen as a route not only to individual achievement but also societal success. Education has been a pillar of social change, lifting many from poverty and contributing to the expansion of political and…
Furthest right
None. The New School History has 105 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The New School · History | bias_left_share | 31.9 | — | 329 | — |
| 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.