There are many important issues facing higher education in Australia today. I believe that the pivotal one is for the community to truly believe in the value of education. If this were a reality, then lack of funding would not be an impediment to solving the many problems we face ? problems such as the question of fee-paying students, both local and international, the use of technology, student employment, the (over) workloads of teaching staff, compulsory teacher training ? the list seems never ending.