A few well-illustrated recent studies share a recognition of the urban nature of the college campus:

• R.M. Kliment and Frances Halsband (designers of Burke Laboratory) propose a pragmatic route called “The Walk” (pdf) running through several varied urban blocks to tie together isolated properties owned by Brown University.
• Yale’s extensive “Framework for Campus Planning” (pdf) by Cooper, Robertston & Partners maps the trash-collection routes of Yale’s campus while noting that most buildings there have university names as well as street addresses; the scale comparison of Yale to the other Ivies (including “Dartmouth University”) is interesting. The plan covers signage, noting the six official typefaces and proposing a unified system. Cooper, Robertson is also working on Harvard’s huge Allston expansion.
• Oxford has a master plan by Rafael Viñoly for the site of the Radcliffe Infirmary, up by the Royal Oak pub. It offers several Parisian blocks lining pedestrian avenues that focus on the Radcliffe Observatory, which is the chief building of Green Templeton College (Wikipedia).

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[Update 11.12.2012: Broken links to “The Walk,” Cooper, Robertson, and Allston fixed; broken link to Oxford plan pdf replaced with link to website; broken link to Green College replaced with updated link to Green Templeton College.]