Anthropology
Anthropology Out (5) SSc, DIV Explore, question and challenge externally-assigned identities and approaches to ethnography and social inquiry as a means to unpack and challenge the political and economic consequences of them, such as…
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University of Washington
University of Washington's course descriptions average 65.9 on the 100-to-0 ruler: clearly left of center. Across all 100 schools, the average is 67.5, so University of Washington reads 1.6 points further right.
Liberal (100)center (50)Conservative (0)
Where its courses fall
<1%Far left92–100
13%Left75–91
81%Center-left59–74
5%Center42–58
0%Center-right26–41
0%Right9–25
0%Far right0–8
Furthest left
Ethnic & African American Studies
A&H, DIV Covers views by Native Hawaiian and multicultural writers and composers, studied within historical contexts ranging from the eighteenth century to the present. Examines how the colonization of a sovereign people redefines culture…
Ethnic & African American Studies
Multi-disciplinary literature and philosophical applied frameworks of Indigenous research methods. Provides basic tools and methods for conducting applied research in Indigenous communities. Considers existing practical, ethical, and…
Furthest right
None. University of Washington has 136 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 64.6 to 67.2; 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 Washington by department (share of courses described from the left)
| Department | Left-framed share | Courses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's & Gender Studies | 28.6% | 91 | view |
| Ethnic & African American Studies | 21.1% | 166 | view |
| Anthropology | 9.9% | 253 | view |
| History | 6.4% | 357 | view |
| English & Comparative Literature | 5.1% | 236 | view |
| Political Science | 3.0% | 167 | view |
| Art & Art History | 2.2% | 89 | view |
| Sociology | 2.2% | 137 | view |
| Psychology | 1.6% | 187 | view |
| Philosophy | 1.1% | 87 | view |
| Economics | 0.8% | 119 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Washington | mean_bias_score | 65.9 | 64.6 – 67.2 | 1,916 | 136 |
| 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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