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University of Arizona's course descriptions average 65.6 on the 100-to-0 ruler: clearly left of center. Across all 100 schools, the average is 67.5, so University of Arizona reads 1.9 points further right.

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Liberal (100)center (50)Conservative (0)

University of Arizona: 65.6 (likely range 64.6 to 66.6) All 100 schools: 67.5 each other school in the comparison

Where its courses fall

0%Far left92–100

10%Left75–91

87%Center-left59–74

2%Center42–58

0%Center-right26–41

0%Right9–25

0%Far right0–8

125 plotted courses (the ones with a political framing). 100 = far left, 50 = the average American, 0 = far right.

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Framing Subject

Underlined: words the model quoted from the description when we asked it, after scoring, to explain its score.

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GWS 242 · Gender & Education84

Women's & Gender Studies

Recently, there has been an increasing focus on gender in educational research and practice. Scholars and practitioners are taking note not only of the differential outcomes for students in relation to gender, but are also discussing how…

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ANTH 625 · Whiteness and White Supremacy83

Anthropology

This course investigates the construction of social difference through a focus on race and whiteness. How are we surrounded (and differentially impacted) by notions of whiteness? How do mundane practices such as brushing one's teeth or…

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ENGL 413 · Professional and Technical Writing for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Audiences78

English & Comparative Literature

In this course, students learn how to apply localization strategies to the development, editing, and management of content in ways that are responsive to and inclusive of linguistic and cultural differences.

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None. University of Arizona has 125 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 64.6 to 66.6; 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.

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

Department	Left-framed share	Courses
Women's & Gender Studies	21.9%	73	view
Ethnic & African American Studies	19.4%	180	view
Sociology	12.4%	121	view
Anthropology	7.8%	295	view
Religious Studies	6.8%	117	view
History	5.0%	241	view
English & Comparative Literature	4.1%	148	view
Political Science	3.4%	204	view
Psychology	1.5%	200	view
Art & Art History	0%	246	view
Economics	0%	94	view
Philosophy	0%	153	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
University of Arizona	mean_bias_score	65.6	64.6 – 66.6	2,072	125
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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