The Open Education Initiative at Virginia Tech is pleased to announce the release of an instructor-only test bank aligned to the 4th edition of open textbook, Fundamentals of Business (2023).
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Category Archives: Virginia Tech Publishing
Announcing: Lecture Notes on Configuration Aerodynamics
The Open Education Initiative at Virginia Tech is pleased to announce the release of Lecture Notes on Configuration Aerodynamics (2026), by William H. Mason, edited by Pradeep Raj.
Practical applications of aerodynamic theory are critically important for aerodynamic design of aircraft configurations, but are often omitted from aerospace engineering curricula. Lecture Notes on Configuration Aerodynamics is an incredible resource for educating the next generation of aerospace engineering students who aspire to engage in the aerodynamic design of aircraft configurations. It shows how aerodynamic theory is applied in practice, giving students insight into what a career in aerodynamics entails. This book offers a design-oriented perspective of the development and analysis of aircraft aerodynamics.
Announcing a new open textbook: Strategic Management and Case Analysis
The Open Education Initiative at Virginia Tech together with the authors and publisher announce the release of Strategic Management and Case Analysis: An Integrated Approach (2025) by Lori Anderson, Dirk Buengel, and Joseph J. Simpson.
Strategic Management and Case Analysis: An Integrated Approach is a peer-reviewed open textbook which integrates strategic management with an experiential learning approach to conducting a case analysis.
Announcing a new open textbook: Microbiology, Pharmacology, and Immunology for Pre-Clinical Students
The Open Education Initiative at Virginia Tech is pleased to announce the release of Microbiology, Pharmacology, and Immunology for Pre-Clinical Students (2025), adapted by Jennifer L. Cleveland; Andrew P. Binks; and Renée J. LeClair.
Microbiology, Pharmacology, and Immunology for Pre-Clinical Students is a peer-reviewed open textbook designed to fill a gap in undergraduate medical education (UME) and support medical school pre-clerkship education. It covers the areas of immunology, microbiology, systems-based infections, and global mechanisms of treatment. It is aligned to USMLE® (United States Medical Licensing Examination) and modified from OpenStax Microbiology.
Announcing: Original Études for the Developing Conductor
The Open Education Initiative at Virginia Tech is pleased to announce a new peer-reviewed open textbook, Original Études for the Developing Conductor (2023), edited by Jonathan Caldwell and Derek Shapiro respectively of University of North Carolina – Greensboro and Virginia Tech and available at https://doi.org/10.21061/conducting.
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