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The article reports that no disciplinary action has been taken by five of the eight major universities in the Boston area, Massachusetts against students whose names were found on the customer lists of companies that were selling term papers. These institutions include Boston College, Harvard University, Northeastern University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Massachusetts.

The article reports that at least four businesses in Boston, Massachusetts have been organized to provide college students with term papers. The companies cover almost any subject in practically any language and sell term papers at $2 a page. However, some local colleges and universities are distressed about the possibility of mass-produced plagiarism.

The article reports on the decision of the federal district judge related to the banning of school publications in Boston, Massachusetts. The jurist ended the conflict between the student writers, school directors and board members by declaring freedom of speech among campus newspaper writers. The pronouncement has given the students their right to express their sentiments and opinions to the school administrators.

The article reports that three Vietnam War scholars claim that they have the right to protect confidential sources of information when they were called to testify in court in Boston, Massachusetts, in connection with the investigation of the leak of the "Pentagon Papers." The scholars balked at answering questions about their contacts and sources of information.

The article reports that sociology was being accused of being "grossly derelict in a paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association held in Boston, Massachusetts. University of Iowa associate professor Hallowell Pope issued a called for greatly increased research on methods of teaching sociology to undergraduates.