wheel - 12:23 am on Sep 6, 2007 (gmt 0)

As been mentioned here previously, you need content above and beyond what everyone else has. Research info, data, and studies are one way. And it takes a fair bit of work to create something like that - not just another mickey mouse study.

Easier/spammier methods:

You can look for sponsorship opportunities. Student clubs, academic projects.

School newspapers sometimes have ways to get into print as well. Get published, then reprinted online which includes a link.

Even rougher methods:
Look for forums/blog footprints on .edu's and spam away :). Bleh, I don't do that stuff, but I've seen abandoned forums almost as active as webmasterworld.com :) as everyone with a pharmacy or casino to sell posts full page ads and links.