Political Science
Survey and analysis of evolving political institutions and policies in eastern and central Europe under Communism and in the post-Communism period.
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Auburn University
Auburn University's course descriptions average 64 on the 100-to-0 ruler: clearly left of center. Across all 100 schools, the average is 67.5, so Auburn University reads 3.5 points further right.
Liberal (100)center (50)Conservative (0)
Where its courses fall
0%Far left92–100
37%Left75–91
37%Center-left59–74
11%Center42–58
0%Center-right26–41
4%Right9–25
11%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
Women's & Gender Studies
Perspectives on feminist theory, with emphasis on intersections of race, class, sexual orientation, and gender as they affect women's position in culture.
History
Culture, society, and politics of the 18th century; origins and consequences of the French Revolution; examination of the Napoleonic period.
Furthest-right subjects
History
Development of the early nation, including the influences of Thomas Jefferson, War of 1812, Jacksonian democracy, Indian removal, Old South and slavery, westward movement, and political party conflict.
History
Development of the Old South, from southeastern Indians and European contact through Reconstruction, including slavery, white social classes, women, and politics.
History
This course will explore the history of the institution of chattel slavery in the Americas. Focusing primarily on North American slavery, the course will begin with an overview of the development and continuation of the slave systems of the…
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 61.5 to 66.5; a comparison whose range overlaps this one is not a reliable difference.
- Only 4 of Auburn University'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.
Auburn University by department (share of courses described from the left)
| Department | Left-framed share | Courses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's & Gender Studies | 40% | 5 | view |
| Art & Art History | 1.5% | 67 | view |
| Political Science | 0.8% | 124 | view |
| Anthropology | 0% | 32 | view |
| Economics | 0% | 54 | view |
| English & Comparative Literature | 0% | 102 | view |
| Ethnic & African American Studies | 0% | 1 | view |
| History | 0% | 115 | view |
| Philosophy | 0% | 44 | view |
| Psychology | 0% | 89 | view |
| Religious Studies | 0% | 4 | view |
| Sociology | 0% | 49 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn University | mean_bias_score | 64 | 61.5 – 66.5 | 686 | 4 |
| 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.