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Case Western Reserve University · History

24.5% of Case Western Reserve University's History course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' History departments, it is 8.3%.

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Case Western Reserve University: 24.5% History at all 100 schools: 8.3% each other school in the comparison

Where History courses fall

7%Far left92–100
33%Left75–91
33%Center-left59–74
11%Center42–58
2%Center-right26–41
11%Right9–25
4%Far right0–8
46 plotted courses (the ones with a political subject). 100 = far left, 50 = the average American, 0 = far right. Subject places what a course studies, not the side it takes.

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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

HSTY 313 · Comparative White Supremacy100

History

White supremacy is a set of assumptions, ideas, and practices that pervade the globe. Far from an outgrowth of something inscrutable like "hate" or "human nature," white supremacy emerged in history amid specific circumstances. Topics will…

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HSTY 333 · Reading Capital: Political Economy in the Age of Modern Industry100

History

Since its first publication in German in 1867, and its appearance in English in 1886, Karl Marx's Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume I, has occupied a seminal position in European thought. Beginning with the presumptions of…

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HSTY 245 · History of Capitalism92

History

This course will explore the history of capitalism, from its origins to its recent past, tracing its development into a global system of oppression. It will offer students an understanding of how capitalism manifested itself in various…

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Furthest-right subjects

HSTY 323 · Fascism in America5

History

In recent years, there is a growing public discussion about the rise of fascist trends and movements in America. This course will explore the historic roots of this discussion, focusing on the period between the late nineteenth century and…

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HSTY 447 · WWII from the British Empire Perspective8

History

This seminar gives students the opportunity to learn about the Second World War from the perspective of the British and their soldiery from around the globe. Many might come to the course with images of the American "Bands of Brothers"…

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HSTY 237 · WWII from the British Empire Perspective10

History

This lecture and discussion course gives students the opportunity to learn about the Second World War from the perspective of the British and their soldiery from around the globe. Many might come to the course with images of the American…

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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
NameMetricValue95% intervalnscored
Case Western Reserve University · Historybias_left_share24.5—106—
Historybias_left_share8.37.9 – 8.717,232—
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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