Should A Student Ethnicity Be A Consideration For College Acceptance

Should a Student Ethnicity be a Consideration for College Acceptance
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Poor leadership has been linked to the emerging issues of college admission board high ethnicity that consider the admission of students based on their racial groups. College admission is no longer based on merits but also race and ethnicity counts when the admission board leaders are selecting. On the other hand, ethnic and racial gaps in application rates regarding the college admission process remain an area of concern. When applying for colleges ethnic minorities prefer institutions that have a higher number of the similar race besides their academic merits. This poses a challenge to leadership ethics and ethical standards. This section embraces the leadership philosophy “I lead through example”.
Part 1
Powerbase used by the leader
An effective leader understands how to wield power and implications. Being a leader is more than managing the tasks in an organization. In essence, leadership is a skill. Leadership skill requires a combination of practice and knowledge for efficiency (Taylor, Santiago & Hynes, 2019). The use of power is one of the essential tools at a leader's disposal. In itself power is neither bad nor good, the wielder determines if the power is used to undermine or serve an organization goal. Power is an essential tool for enacting change within the leader's sphere of influence. Effective use of power gains respect and achieve goals while misuse of power leads to stagnation and hamstring an organization
Coercive power would work a long way in facing ethnicity discrimination. As a leader forcing the admission board members in colleges to admit students from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds is a strategy to face the high rate of discrimination in colleges based on ethnic backgrounds (Jiang & Luo, 2019). This also includes consequences of failure to admit diverse racial groups in colleges.
Influence tactic used by the leader
An effective leader influences others to support and enact decisions that both the leader and the team perceive necessary. To influence, a leader applies tactics or strategies which are actual behavior designed to change other people’s beliefs, attitudes and addictions. Rational persuasion would work in influencing the admission board to admit students from diverse ethnic and racial groups. Jiang & Luo (2019) links rational persuasion with the use of data, facts and logical arguments to convince others why your perception as a leader is the best alternative. During the process of rational persuasion, the leader is obliged to give the teammates a good reason as to why they should buy the idea.
Leadership style of the leader
Leadership is a key determinant element linked with the success and failure of an organization. According to Watts, Steele & Mumford (2019)leadership style is the approach in which people are motivated or directed by a leader in pursuit of achieving organizational goals. Charismatic leadership is the best to be applied in colleges because it transforms the beliefs and attitudes of employees and others. Charismatic leadership dares to inspire and influence people and the organization goals are re...