Almost everyone on campus today grasps the benefits of easy availability of information technology, but for college presidents, the expectations for information technology have been high from the early days. The grail in futurist dreams has been a machine that "thinks," using a very big base of information to sift evidence, make judgments, and suggest courses of action. And presidents have been among the most hopeful of the futurists. This document briefly discusses the responsibilities college presidents are faced with when it comes to information technology.