Antisemitism and Prejudice on Campus

Key Findings:

• 47% of Jewish students report experiencing at least one form of prejudice on campus during the 2025–2026 academic year.

• 37% of Jewish students say their campus climate is hostile toward Jews, compared to 14% of non-Jewish students.

• Jewish students report experiences including offensive comments, social exclusion, exposure to antisemitic graffiti or posters, and harassment on social media

• 20% of Jewish students report being blamed for actions of the Israeli government.

• The study identifies levels of antisemitic attitudes among students:

  • 56% fall into a low-prejudice group (do not express significant prejudice toward Jews or other groups)

  • 15% are classified as anti-Israel (express antisemitic views tied to Israel but not broader prejudice)

  • 9% are classified as anti-Jewish (endorse stereotypes about Jews but not broader prejudice)

  • 4% are classified as generalized prejudice (express negative attitudes toward multiple groups, including Jews, Black students, Muslims, and Asians)

  • Key implication: Antisemitism cannot be fully reduced to general prejudice frameworks (e.g., racism models)
    

• Political and demographic patterns:

  • Students identifying as extremely liberal are more likely to express anti-Israel attitudes

  • Generalized prejudice is more common among conservative students

  • Anti-Jewish attitudes are not strongly associated with a single political ideology
    

• The report compares perceptions of campus climate:Jewish, Muslim, and Black students are more likely to perceive their campus as hostile. Other students are less likely to report the same perception.

Recommendations:

• Universities should move beyond general anti-bias or DEI training, which the report states has limited evidence of effectiveness.

• Institutions should develop targeted interventions based on different types of prejudice rather than a single approach.

• The report recommends efforts to build understanding across groups, noting that multiple student populations report experiences of exclusion.

• It calls for additional research and evaluation of interventions to determine what approaches are effective in reducing prejudice.