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DukeDuke's course descriptions average 66.1 on the 100-to-0 ruler: clearly left of center. Across all 100 schools, the average is 67.5, so Duke reads 1.4 points further right.
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.
Ethnic & African American Studies
Examines social history of major racial groups in the US and relationships to contemporary standing. Discusses central concepts sociologists use to analyze racial matters. Central theme: 'racism' is not mere 'prejudice,' 'ignorance,' or…
Ethnic & African American Studies
Examines representations of the Atlantic slave trade in scholarship, literature, film, popular culture, and local site visits. We will examine portrayals of people who were enslaved, people who enslaved, as well as the nature of capture,…
Anthropology
Introduction to Marx's core concepts, such as alienation, commodity, and revolution. Includes examination of Marx's own major historical & political analyses, his economic texts, and his philosophical writings. Students also gain…
Ethnic & African American Studies
The development of the slave trade from the fifteenth century to its abolition in the nineteenth century; organization and mechanics, impact on Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
Ethnic & African American Studies
Against the cross-cultural backdrop of other systems of hereditary privilege and of the political and economic changes that threaten them, we will examine the history, the ideologies, and the psychology of white supremacy in the United…
Ethnic & African American Studies
Throughout the 20th century, South Africa had the largest economy and military on the African continent. Its strategic geographic position and mineral wealth in gold and uranium made it an important ally for the largest economies in the…
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 64.8 to 67.5; a comparison whose range overlaps this one is not a reliable difference.
| Department | Left-framed share | Courses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnic & African American Studies | 28.2% | 181 | view |
| Women's & Gender Studies | 26.5% | 49 | view |
| History | 11.6% | 129 | view |
| Sociology | 10.6% | 47 | view |
| Anthropology | 9.8% | 102 | view |
| Economics | 4.0% | 101 | view |
| Political Science | 2.9% | 103 | view |
| Philosophy | 2.3% | 44 | view |
| English & Comparative Literature | 1.7% | 120 | view |
| Psychology | 1.0% | 98 | view |
| Art & Art History | 0% | 164 | view |
| Religious Studies | 0% | 34 | view |
Lean (mean Framing score) is not published per department within a school; only the left-framed share is. Department rows carry no interval.
| Name | Metric | Value | 95% interval | n | scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke | mean_bias_score | 66.1 | 64.8 – 67.5 | 1,172 | 105 |
| All 100 schools | mean_bias_score | 67.5 | 67.4 – 67.7 | 124,290 | 10,124 |