In 2011, "EDUCAUSE" appointed a research panel of IT leaders from nineteen representative member institutions to both identify and prioritize the top IT issues facing their institutions. In two focus group sessions in September and October 2011, the panel members were asked the question: "What is the single-biggest IT-related issue currently facing your institution?" In an online survey in December 2011, panel members were asked to select the top IT issues for 2012 from the results of those focus groups and were invited to provide additional suggestions. Finally, the IT Issues Panel met in January 2012 to review the survey results and write-ins before voting on the final set of issues. The resulting list of top-ten IT issues was surprisingly different from those of previous years. Only two of this year's top-ten issues map cleanly onto previous years' lists: Funding information technology strategically; and Establishing and implementing IT governance throughout the institution. Several others resemble issues from previous years, whereas some are completely new. This article presents the top-ten IT-related issues facing higher education institutions, as identified by the "EDUCAUSE" IT Issues Panel. Panel members frame each issue with discussion and a set of strategic questions. (Contains 4 notes.)