In 1986, Boston University, in cooperation with Community Task Force representatives and city agencies, was the first Boston-area institution to develop a Master Plan approved by the Boston Redevelopment Authority. The ten-year plan for the Charles River Campus included enrollment projections; analyzed housing, parking, academic, and recreational needs; and studied potential sites to accommodate the University's changing needs. The University's second Master Plan, encompassed the period from 1997-2002.  The current seven-year Master Plan for 2003-2010, was appproved by the Boston Redevelopment Authority in 2003 after a lengthy review process by the City of Boston and the Boston University Community Task Force.

Boston University vigilantly enforces an Alcohol Policy that exceeds the requirements of the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Students under twenty-one years of age may not possess or consume alcoholic beverages, and the amount of alcohol students twenty-one years of age and older may keep in the residences is strictly limited. The University does not permit beer kegs in the residences and strictly monitors off-campus parties. Violations of the Alcohol Policy, abuse of alcohol, or other infringements of the Code of Student Responsibilities may result in sanctions such as removal from University housing, suspension, and expulsion.

Administrators are also responsive to neighborhood concerns about student behavior off campus, and the director of community relations accompanies the Boston and Brookline police on designated weekends, through the Ride Along Program.

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