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University of Rochester

University of Rochester's course descriptions average 68.6 on the 100-to-0 ruler: clearly left of center. Across all 100 schools, the average is 67.5, so University of Rochester reads 1.1 points further left.

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University of Rochester: 68.6 (likely range 64.6 to 72.7) All 100 schools: 67.5 each other school in the comparison

Where its courses fall

5%Far left92–100

26%Left75–91

68%Center-left59–74

0%Center42–58

0%Center-right26–41

0%Right9–25

0%Far right0–8

19 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.

Furthest left

BLST 203 · Quemaremos el cielo si es preciso: Subversive Narratives of the Afro-Caribbean94

Ethnic & African American Studies

This course examines contemporary literature and cultural productions (films, art, music) from the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. It will explore works that challenge and dismantle the racial and gender/sexual hierarchies rooted in colonialism…

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BLST 285 · Civil Disobedience78

Ethnic & African American Studies

This course will examine the varieties of thought about, and practice of, civil disobedience within social movements, with an emphasis on contemporary activism. When, why, and how do communities choose to push back against structures of…

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GSWS 105 · Sex and Power78

Women's & Gender Studies

This course is an introduction to the interdisciplinary scholarship of Gender, Sexuality and Women's studies. As a survey course, this class is designed to give students from diverse backgrounds and disciplines a basic understanding of…

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Furthest right

None. University of Rochester has 19 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 72.7; a comparison whose range overlaps this one is not a reliable difference.

Only 19 of University of Rochester's descriptions carried a scorable lean, so this average and its rank are rough; the interval is the honest range.
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 Rochester by department (share of courses described from the left)

Department	Left-framed share	Courses
Women's & Gender Studies	27.3%	11	view
Ethnic & African American Studies	25%	24	view
Anthropology	23.1%	13	view
History	9.1%	33	view
Philosophy	5.3%	38	view
Political Science	2.9%	34	view
English & Comparative Literature	1.2%	81	view
Art & Art History	0%	29	view
Economics	0%	32	view
Psychology	0%	21	view
Religious Studies	0%	15	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 Rochester	mean_bias_score	68.6	64.6 – 72.7	331	19
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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