Books by Tucker

Do for-profit colleges and universities (FPCUs) pose a threat to traditional providers of higher education, or do they play a vital role at a time when the capacity of public and private non-profits to meet demand is constrained? This book offers an analysis of for-profit colleges and universities, reviewing their history and business strategies.

Introductory treatment emphasizes graph imbedding but also covers connections between topological graph theory and other areas of mathematics. Discusses role of voltage graphs, Ringel-Youngs theorem, genus of a group, more. 1987 edition.