Town-gown relations

For first time, designations focus on community engagement -- grouping 2-year colleges, liberal arts institutions and universities.

For Duke University's lacrosse team, some semblance of normalcy -- if not closure -- came last weekend, when the team whose previous season had been canceled amid the now-infamous rape case that roiled the campus returned to action for the first time. Thousands of fans cheered and few (if anyone) jeered, according to published reports. 

U. of Washington finds itself in the middle of a transportation debate that involves some of its most prized turf.

Columbus State U.'s new downtown branch distinctive in terms of private support, urban revitalization and investment in the fine arts.

Immigration phone-in is one part of CUNY's effort to assist New York City immigrants on a massive scale.

Historians discuss ways to teach students -- and themselves -- more about the cities where they work and live.

The quintessential college town is lush and lined with quaint boulevards. It's Ann Arbor, Mich., Charlottesville, Va., and Boulder, Colo. It's dive bars and bookstores and movie theaters that still charge less than a meal.

For many students, living in a college town is a key part of their undergraduate experience. And for many faculty members and administrators, living in a college town is a key part of their adult lives. The University of Massachusetts Press is about to publish a scholarly analysis of these locales, The American College Town. Blake Gumprecht, the author and associate professor of geography at the University of New Hampshire, responded to e-mail questions about his new book.

Lesley University sought input from area residents before building a new dorm, and avoided the squabbles and delays that hinder many campus construction projects.

Endangered habitat used for biological research at risk of potentially being developed by California college to make way for "green" parking lot.