This study focuses on the generational unit born out of the student protest movement and the long-range consequences of having been involved in a social movement. Three alternative sets of consequences were explored: maturation, dissillusionment, and generational conflict which creates a distinctive generational unit. The results strongly suggest…

Leftist students at the University of Puerto Rico are similar to New Left American students in father's political attitudes, religious attitudes, school enrollment, and intelligence. There exists an active leftist student organization which has grown in size and political prominence. (DM)