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Harvard University · Political Science

8.8% of Harvard University's Political Science course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' Political Science departments, it is 5.2%.

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Harvard University: 8.8% Political Science at all 100 schools: 5.2% each other school in the comparison

Where Political Science courses fall

0%Far left92–100

18%Left75–91

64%Center-left59–74

9%Center42–58

9%Center-right26–41

0%Right9–25

0%Far right0–8

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

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Framing Subject

Underlined: words the model quoted from the description when we asked it, after scoring, to explain its score.

Furthest left

GOV 1092 · Progressive Alternatives: Institutional Reconstruction Now79

Political Science

An exploration of the past and future agenda of progressives, whether self-described as liberals or as leftists. What should they propose, now that they no longer believe in the usefulness of governmental direction of the economy or in the…

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GOV 94WP · Women in Politics78

Political Science

This course examines the causes and consequences of gender inequality in politics, the workforce, and the household. We will draw on theory and literature from political science and other disciplines to learn about cutting edge research in…

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GOV 1292 · Politics of Brazil72

Political Science

Interactive course introduces students to contemporary politics and policy in Latin America's largest country. Examines the colonial origins of inequality and truncated democracy, twentieth century authoritarianism and democratization, the…

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Furthest right

GOV 1796 · Central Challenges of American National Security, Strategy, and the Press30

Political Science

From the rise of China and resurgence of Russia, to the ongoing war in Ukraine, and North Korea and Iran's advancing nuclear weapons programs, challenges in the Middle East, Central Asia, East Africa, and emergence of cyber conflict, this…

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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

Name	Metric	Value	95% interval	n	scored
Harvard University · Political Science	bias_left_share	8.8	—	113	—
Political Science	bias_left_share	5.2	4.8 – 5.6	12,053	—

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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