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--- |\n| Arizona State University |  |\n| Volume 32 Number 5 February 6, 2024 ISSN 1068-2341 |  |\n\nRacial Conflict in a Higher Education Policy Vacuum  \nBlanca Elizabeth Vega  \nMontclair State University  \nUnited States  \nCitation: Vega, B. E. (2024) . Racial conflict in a higher education policy vacuum. Education  \nPolicy Analysis Archives, 32(5). [https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.32.8296](https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.32.8296)  \n[Abstract:](Abstract: This study explored how 14 higher education and student affairs)[ This study explored how 14 higher education and student affairs](Abstract: This study explored how 14 higher education and student affairs) (HESA) professionals navigated institutional policy vacuums to address interpersonal racial conflict between students. Grounded in perspectives of policy vacuums, findings revealed that HESA professionals learned about racial conflict by referring to their own personal, professional, and academic training. Additionally, they employed strategies that were often self-generated and informal to address racial conflict. The paper concludes with a discussion of the findings, specifically highlighting that relying on HESA professionals’ dispositions is an insufficient way to address racial conflict and that more institutional support is necessary to train racially responsive HESA professionals.  \nKeywords: higher education; policy vacuums; racial conflict  \nConflicto racial en un vacío de políticas de educación superior  \nResumen: Este estudio exploró cómo 14 profesionales de educación superior y asuntosestudiantiles (HESA) navegaron vacíos de políticas institucionales para abordar el conflicto racial interpersonal entre estudiantes. Basados en perspectivas de vacíos políticos, los hallazgos revelaron que los profesionales de HESA aprendieron sobre el conflicto racial refiriéndose a supropia formación personal, profesional y académica. Además, emplearon estrategias que amenudo eran autogeneradas e informales para abordar el conflicto racial. El artículo concluye con una discusión de los hallazgos, destacando específicamente que confiar en las disposiciones  \nde los profesionales de HESA es una forma insuficiente de abordar el conflicto racial y que senecesita más apoyo institucional para capacitar a profesionales de HESA con sensibilidad racial. Palabras clave: educación superior; vacíos políticos; conflicto racial  \nConflito racial num vácuo político de ensino superior  \nResumo: Este estudo explorou como 14 profissionais do ensino superior e assuntos estudantis (HESA) navegaram nos vazios políticos institucionais para lidar com o conflito racial interpessoal entre estudantes. Com base em perspectivas de vazios políticos, as conclusões revelaram que os profissionais da HESA aprenderam sobre o conflito racial referindo-se à suaprópria formação pessoal, profissional e académica. Além disso, empregaram estratégias muitas vezes autogeradas e informais para resolver conflitos raciais. O artigo conclui com uma discussão das conclusões, destacando especificamente que confiar nas disposições dos profissionais de HESA é uma forma insuficiente de abordar o conflito racial e que é necessário mais apoio institucional para formar profissionais de HESA racialmente receptivos.  \nPalavras-chave: ensino superior; vácuos políticos; conflito racial  \nRacial Conflict in a Higher Education Policy Vacuum  \nRacial conflict continues to be one of the most pervasive and pressing issues concerning the work of higher education and student affairs (HESA) professionals. Despite persistent reports of incidents with overt and subtle forms of racism on college campuses (Hurtado & Ruiz Alvarado, 2015; Mwangi et al., 2018; Serrano, 2020), there is no systemic approach for HESA professionals to address interpersonal forms of racial conflict between students (Davis & Harris, 2015) . Further, while HESA profess","cbCailkNseyi6G3U","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailkNseyi6G3U","pdf",332995,24,"English","# Abstract\n## Research focus\n## Findings and implications","[{\"question\":\"How does the study frame institutional policy vacuums in relation to racial conflict?\",\"answer\":\"It uses policy-vacuum perspectives as an analytical tool to describe the institutional environment, review existing strategies, and anticipate consequences of new practices that can reduce nonviolent forms of racial conflict.\"},{\"question\":\"What strategies do HESA professionals rely on when institutional guidance is limited?\",\"answer\":\"Findings indicate they often use self-generated and informal strategies learned from their personal, professional, and academic training.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the article conclude that relying on HESA professionals’ dispositions is insufficient?\",\"answer\":\"The paper concludes that individual dispositions cannot substitute for more institutional support, which is needed to train HESA professionals to be racially responsive.\"}]","Racial Conflict in a Higher Education Policy Vacuum | PDF",1792094304]