The Issue at a Glance

Family Matters: A Conversation with David Popenoe (10.1007/s12129-008-9090-6)

Carol Iannone, National Association of Scholars

Carol Iannone conducts a wide-ranging interview with sociologist and marriage and family life expert David Popenoe of Rutgers University. Prof. Popenoe talks about his career and the establishment of the National Marriage Project, and also discusses the state of scholarship in the field, past and present.

An Education Lived (10.1007/s12129-008-9088-0)

David Steiner, Hunter College, City University of New York

David Steiner offers a panoramic view of home and school life before Oxford under the austere and expansive guidance of mother Zara Shakow, a noted historian, educator, and author, and father George Steiner—famed literary critic, essayist, philosopher, novelist, translator, and educator.

Home Truths: Liberal Education for Mothers (10.1007/s12129-008-9087-1)

F. Carolyn Graglia

Carolyn Graglia defends and celebrates the choice of a liberally