Moreover, the
researcher hopes that the results of the study will help to initiate dialogue on how to create a
supportive campus environment for nonacademic women leaders who may be the “unsung
heroes” of academe (Rosser, 2000). Above all, based on lessons learned from their predecessors,
future women leaders may very well create the new rules on how to be successful within
institutions of higher education. The following literature supported the need for such
consideration