Continuing economic difficulties will challenge education institutions in the year ahead. For 2010 and beyond, budget realities may force administrators to close underused campuses, eliminate academic programs, lay off employees, delay or forgo construction and renovation projects, and cram more students into each classroom. At the same time, the expectations and demands of parents and policymakers for improved student performance have not relented. The only certainty is that tens of millions of students will continue to fill the classrooms and labs and lecture halls of America's schoolhouses and campuses, and educators and administrators will try to make do with the resources they have to provide students with opportunities to learn and grow. This article lists some of the issues they are likely to confront along the way.