This volume presents research-based information about virtual universities useful to other virtual institutions, and indicates lessons for traditional institutions to be drawn from the experiences of VUs. VUs have become an accepted part of the higher education landscape and have made online learning and online ways of doing business more acceptable among all higher education institutions. No. 146 of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Higher Education. MEYER, Katrina A. (Editor), 2009, Wiley, 112 p. ISBN : 978-0-470-52554-8. This volume can be ordered online.