Fear is widespread on American campuses, researcher says

 

Professor Robert Pape said “the feelings of fear on college campuses are more widespread and more intense than we have known.

A University of Chicago professor said Sunday that research shows that students on college campuses are more fearful than ever before.

Speaking on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Professor Robert Pape told host Margaret Brennan: “The big thing we learned is that the feelings of fear on college campuses are more widespread and more intense than we have known.”

The research at the University of Chicago Project on Security and Threats involved 5,000 students at hundreds of colleges.

“Overall, 56% of Jewish students report feeling in personal danger,” Pape told Brennan. “Close behind, 52% of Muslim students report feeling in personal danger. And 16% of all students who are not Jewish and not Muslim.”

Pape said the students were simply reacting to what they’re seeing on their campuses.

What they are reporting is,” he said. “observing acts of physical violence and intimidation right in front of them. Jewish students are seeing Jewish buildings attacked. Muslim students are seeing people ... counterattack against Muslims. The students that are not Jewish and not Muslim, they’re just seeing everybody getting, you know, attacked.”

He also cited “protest chants.”