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University of Texas at Austin's course descriptions average 67.9 on the 100-to-0 ruler: clearly left of center. Across all 100 schools, the average is 67.5, so University of Texas at Austin reads 0.4 points further left.

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Liberal (100)center (50)Conservative (0)

University of Texas at Austin: 67.9 (likely range 66.2 to 69.7) All 100 schools: 67.5 each other school in the comparison

Where its courses fall

2%Far left92–100

16%Left75–91

80%Center-left59–74

3%Center42–58

0%Center-right26–41

0%Right9–25

0%Far right0–8

64 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

ANT 325P · Abolition Medicine94

Anthropology

Same as African and African Diaspora Studies 360M. Examine race-based diagnostics tools and treatment guidelines that reinforce antiquated and scientifically inaccurate notions of biological race. Discuss the upstream structures that enable…

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AFR 340N · African Queer Studies83

Ethnic & African American Studies

Same as Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 3). Examines the development of African queer studies as the interdisciplinary study of sexuality on the African continent, and its impact on the academic and activist realm. Focus on…

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MAS 320G · Native American Women's History83

Ethnic & African American Studies

Same as American Studies 370 (Topic 75), History 365G (Topic 20), and Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 98). Investigate the histories of Native American women to reaffirm and reclaim their place and role in the histories of Native…

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Furthest right

None. University of Texas at Austin has 64 left-framed courses and not one right-framed course.

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 66.2 to 69.7; 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.

University of Texas at Austin by department (share of courses described from the left)

Department	Left-framed share	Courses
Sociology	14.2%	120	view
Women's & Gender Studies	12.5%	40	view
Ethnic & African American Studies	8.8%	274	view
Anthropology	5%	180	view
English & Comparative Literature	1.2%	259	view
Political Science	1.0%	201	view
History	0.8%	249	view
Psychology	0.7%	153	view
Art & Art History	0.5%	188	view
Economics	0%	99	view
Philosophy	0%	92	view
Religious Studies	0%	118	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
University of Texas at Austin	mean_bias_score	67.9	66.2 – 69.7	1,973	64
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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