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Texas A&M University's course descriptions average 65 on the 100-to-0 ruler: clearly left of center. Across all 100 schools, the average is 67.5, so Texas A&M University reads 2.5 points further right.

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Texas A&M University: 65 (likely range 61.6 to 68.4) All 100 schools: 67.5 each other school in the comparison

Where its courses fall

3%Far left92–100

24%Left75–91

47%Center-left59–74

11%Center42–58

3%Center-right26–41

7%Right9–25

5%Far right0–8

100 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

HIST 210 · Introduction to Russian History100

History

Russian history, culture and society from origins to the present; rise of the Russian Empire; autocracy; modernization without liberalization; reforms, reaction, revolution; development of Communist regime; continuity from Imperial to…

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HIST 340 · Global Communism - Its Rise, Fall and Legacies96

History

History of communism and the movements and states it inspired across the globe; communism’s intellectual origins and development throughout the world; everyday life; state violence and communism at war; race, gender, nationalism and…

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HIST 412 · Russia's Long Twentieth Century - The Soviet Experiment and Beyond92

History

Historical examination of the late Russian Empire; 1917 revolutions; building the world's first socialist society; Stalinism and political terror; Great Patriotic War; Cold War; reforming the Soviet system; socialist stagnation; the…

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Furthest-right subjects

HIST 300 · Blacks in the United States, 1607-18770

History

Blacks in the United States from the colonial period to 1877; the slave trade, slavery, free blacks and the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on blacks. Prerequisite: Junior or senior classification. Cross Listing: AFST 300/HIST 300.

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HIST 308 · History of American Indians in the U.S. South0

History

Examination of the role of indigenous populations in the history and formation of the U.S. South; cultural values and social practices; impact of European exploration and African slavery; trade patterns, imperial wars, and removal policies.…

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HIST 346 · History of South Africa0

History

Selected themes in the history of South Africa from the African Iron Age to the Apartheid regime; history of race relations in the 19th and 20th centuries and the rise of a modern industrial state. Cross Listing: AFST 346/HIST 346.

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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 61.6 to 68.4; a comparison whose range overlaps this one is not a reliable difference.

Only 10 of Texas A&M University's descriptions carried a scorable lean, so this average and its rank are rough; the interval is the honest range.
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.

Texas A&M University by department (share of courses described from the left)

Department	Left-framed share	Courses
Women's & Gender Studies	7.9%	38	view
Ethnic & African American Studies	2.9%	35	view
Sociology	2.0%	102	view
History	1.1%	185	view
Art & Art History	0.9%	106	view
Psychology	0.8%	118	view
Anthropology	0%	132	view
Economics	0%	80	view
English & Comparative Literature	0%	152	view
Philosophy	0%	78	view
Political Science	0%	121	view
Religious Studies	0%	27	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
Texas A&M University	mean_bias_score	65	61.6 – 68.4	1,174	10
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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