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George Washington University's course descriptions average 64.4 on the 100-to-0 ruler: clearly left of center. Across all 100 schools, the average is 67.5, so George Washington University reads 3.1 points further right.

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George Washington University: 64.4 (likely range 63.1 to 65.7) All 100 schools: 67.5 each other school in the comparison

Where its courses fall

<1%Far left92–100

30%Left75–91

45%Center-left59–74

8%Center42–58

5%Center-right26–41

8%Right9–25

3%Far right0–8

143 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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Framing Subject

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

AFST 2001 · The Black Radical Tradition92

Ethnic & African American Studies

In-depth exploration of major theoretical frameworks, research methods, and paradigms of Africana studies. Disciplinary, cultural, and political epistemologies, such as Black feminism, Black Power, and the Black radical tradition. Prerequisites: AFST 1001 .

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HIST 3615 · History of Chinese Communism90

History

Survey of the leadership, ideology, structure, and foreign and domestic policies of the Chinese Communist Party from its inception to the present.

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AFST 2002 · Black Internationalism85

Ethnic & African American Studies

The history of Black internationalism in the African diaspora. Topics include decolonization, Black feminism, Negritude, Black Nationalism, Pan-Africanism, and the Anti-Apartheid, Black Power, and Black Arts movements. Prerequisites: AFST 1001 .

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Furthest-right subjects

ENGL 3912 · Disability and the Holocaust0

English & Comparative Literature

Investigating the question of direct links between the medical mass murder of disabled people in German psychiatric institutions to the Holocaust during World War II; studies of contemporary memorialization practices are examined.

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HIST 2312 · The American Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-18770

History

Examination of the political crises of the1850s to determine how and why the issue of slavery led to the American Civil War; the war's important battles, including how generals and common soldiers shaped outcomes; Reconstruction and the…

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HIST 3061 · The Holocaust0

History

The origins, causes, and significance of the Nazi attempt to destroy European Jewry, within the context of European and Jewish history. Related themes include the behavior of perpetrators, victims, and bystanders; literary responses;…

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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 63.1 to 65.7; a comparison whose range overlaps this one is not a reliable difference.

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.

George Washington University by department (share of courses described from the left)

Department	Left-framed share	Courses
Women's & Gender Studies	25.9%	54	view
Sociology	12.5%	80	view
History	3.8%	209	view
Philosophy	2.6%	76	view
English & Comparative Literature	2.4%	165	view
Psychology	0.9%	109	view
Political Science	0.6%	176	view
Art & Art History	0.4%	261	view
Anthropology	0%	140	view
Economics	0%	94	view
Ethnic & African American Studies	0%	4	view
Religious Studies	0%	87	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
George Washington University	mean_bias_score	64.4	63.1 – 65.7	1,455	41
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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