Yes, adjunct faculty pay is often low for what they’re expected to do at almost all schools. A lot of tuition paid is not for the instuctor but for infrastruct

Yes, adjunct faculty pay is often low for what they’re expected to do at almost all schools. A lot of tuition paid is not for the instuctor but for infrastructure and administrative costs inherent to running a school. Some of the money paid for your mother’s course probably went toward paying non-adjunct faculty; it’s not like schools charge different rates based on the instructor or what they’re paid.