what does an adjunct professor do?
Adjunct professors are defined as professors who are not on the tenure track. Adjunct faculty teach courses just like tenure-track professors do, but they are exempt from some of the responsibilities of fully employed university instructors. Salary, often on a per-course or hourly basis, is lower than tenure-track professors. 2  Positions are not permanent. 3  Adjunct faculty may commit the same amount of nonclassroom hours as tenure-track professors, without the same pay.