The concept of convergence has evolved significantly during recent years. Today, "convergence" refers to the integration of the communications and computing resources and services that seamlessly traverse multiple infrastructures and deliver content to multiple platforms or appliances. Convergence is real. Those in higher education, and especially those in campus IT organizations, need to understand the trends in order to structure their services as the future evolves. To outline some of the current trends in convergence, the EDUCAUSE Net @EDU ICS Working Group recently conducted a short survey of a targeted group of higher education institutions. The responses to this survey helped inform the discussion in this article of several basic parameters: (1) why convergence is being pursued in the first place; (2) the extent to which organizational structure has evolved to accommodate converged infrastructure and services; (3) the extent to which colleges and universities have actually deployed converged services; (4) some inhibitors to convergence; (5) examples of applications; (6) the economics of convergence; and (6) new educational opportunities. (Contains 7 charts and 4 notes.)