Problem is a two-way street. Making only $2000 a semester may deter an adjunct from &#x27;going the extra mile&#x27;. Not that a full-time professor would do so because they&#x27;re full time. However, a low wage doesn&#x27;t necessarily encourage the adjunct to do more than the minimum.<p>Also, if you figure that the department head will just fire and hire until they find someone what will put in that extra time you&#x27;re kidding yourself. They work on semester contracts, firing and hiring over and over again will be throwing too many new&#x2F;untrusted people into the classroom only to start-over in another few months, not to mention the lag-time between hires. What ends up happening is the department heads will maybe bring in a new candidate the next year if there&#x27;s a lot of complaints against an adjunct, but otherwise they just keep the same scheduling.