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Cornell University · Sociology

16% of Cornell University's Sociology course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' Sociology departments, it is 15.3%.

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Cornell University: 16% Sociology at all 100 schools: 15.3% each other school in the comparison

Where Sociology courses fall

0%Far left92–100

13%Left75–91

88%Center-left59–74

0%Center42–58

0%Center-right26–41

0%Right9–25

0%Far right0–8

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

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Framing Subject

Furthest left

SOC 2370 · Race, Racism, and Public Policy75

Sociology

Public policy is a fundamental mechanism for addressing the most vexing and important social problems of our time. Racial inequality and structural racism are chief among such problems. Policy is thus widely understood and frequently touted…

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SOC 3710 · Comparative Social Inequalities72

Sociology

This course offers a sociological understanding of social inequality and the social construction of difference. Designed from the perspective of comparative historical analysis, we will examine the ways in which class, gender,…

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SOC 4440 · Economic Sociology of Social Inequalities72

Sociology

This seminar explores the causes and consequences of social inequalities embedded in economic institutions and markets. From hierarchies to markets, stratification is embedded in networks and norms that enable and guide economic action. As…

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Furthest right

None. Cornell University Sociology has 8 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
Cornell University · Sociology	bias_left_share	16	—	50	—
Sociology	bias_left_share	15.3	14.5 – 16.2	7,243	—

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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