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a result of the turbulence which rocked many of the nation's universities in the 1960s and early 1970s, numerous attempts were v made to understand and explain the sources of student discontent. One of the conclusions from this work was that, contrary to some popular opinion, there was considerable continuity of political values -* from parents to college student activists (and presumably to the entirê college student population). Qualifications were often added, but the dominant theme was that of substantial intergenerational continuity. 1 * This finding is particularly surprising in the light of the conclusions Abstract Studies of college students over the past decade have most often inferred •>. a high rate of intergenerational continuity of political values. In contrast, political socialization studies have concluded that parent-youth similarity is low to moderate ., except in the case of party identification. Analysis of interviews with a representative national sample of seventeen-to twenty-three-years-olds, alonĝ w with independent interviews with their parents, supports the political socialization tradition for nonstudents and students alike, including student activists and students > at elite colleges.