Page penned by French author in college grounds (6)
I believe the answer is:
campus
'college grounds' is the definition.
(university or college site)
'page penned by french author' is the wordplay.
'page' becomes 'p'.
'penned by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are penned in).
'french author' becomes 'camus' (Albert Camus).
'p' going inside 'camus' is 'CAMPUS'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for campus that I've seen before include "educational grounds" , "University or college site" , "university position" , "university's environs" , "Grounds for a student" .)