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Haverford College · Political Science

26.7% of Haverford College'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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Haverford College: 26.7% Political Science at all 100 schools: 5.2% each other school in the comparison

Where Political Science courses fall

13%Far left92–100
31%Left75–91
31%Center-left59–74
13%Center42–58
0%Center-right26–41
6%Right9–25
6%Far right0–8
16 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

POLS H281 · Feminist Political Economy100

Political Science

This course is an introduction to current debates in radical feminism. Beginning with the psychanalytical, Marxist, and Black Radical feminists of the 1960's and 70's, the course outlines contemporary radical feminist positions on race,…

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POLS H350 · Topics in International Politics: Terrorism in the US in the 1960-7092

Political Science

This seminar, which would be offered only once (Spring 25), explores domestic terrorism in the US during the turbulent times of the 1960-70s. The seminar focuses on the Weather Underground organization: exploring its rise and demise; its…

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POLS B242 · Gender and International Organizations86

Political Science

Employing a multi-disciplinary feminist lens, this class examines women's and LGBTQIA+ rights within the United Nations system, with a primary focus on human rights and peace & security. This course seeks to expose students to the complex…

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Furthest-right subjects

POLS H334 · Politics of Violence0

Political Science

This semester the seminar will focus on the causes and manifestations of structural and political violence in the Americas. Topics include the rise of white supremacy in the United States, and escalating political repression, gang violence…

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POLS H256 · The Evolution of the Jihadi Movement17

Political Science

This course explores the evolution of the jihadi movement, focusing on its ideological development throughout the twentieth century, and the structural changes it has gone through since the jihad to drive the Soviets out of Afghanistan during the 1980s. Enrollment Limit: 30

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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
Haverford College · Political Sciencebias_left_share26.7—45—
Political Sciencebias_left_share5.24.8 – 5.612,053—
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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