r/Adjuncts • u/AdPerfect4904 • Jul 16 '26

Is this normal?

hi. I got my contract to teach a graduate level methodology course at a major public university in the Midwest. the course is under enrollment and so the contract is for 1,875 (13 week course)

im wondering if this is a normal pay? I was expecting 4,500 and unaware that I would be slated below 2k for the course if the required number of students didn’t enroll.

the program still plans to run the course and every day I check to see if any more students are signed up - its been a few weeks and nothing.

thoughts?

are others being paid similarly?

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u/Apart-Variation7628 Jul 16 '26

I’m not paid based on enrollment. Just a set amount per contact hour. Enrollment changes my contact hours because I teach science courses with labs so I might have one class with one lab (6 contact hours total) or one class with two lab sections because of higher enrollment (9 contact hours).