text: Bork's claim about $21,000 gross without benefits is correct but on the high side. Adjuncts by law are allowed to teach a maximum of four courses per semester at CCA. To make $21,000, an adjunct would have to teach 4 courses both fall and spring semester and one course in the summer (9 courses per year). In comparison, full-time faculty gross between $41,000 and $48,000 plus medical benefits and are required to teach 5 courses in spring and 5 in fall along with other departmental requirements. So adjuncts make around $2,300 per course no medical benefits while full-time make around $4,100 plus medical. To make a living in the Denver area, many adjuncts will teach the full load of 4 courses at one community college and another 4 courses at another community college, and other adjuncts take part-time jobs outside teaching. Teaching more than 5 courses a semester really affects the quality of instruction because the instructor is overloaded with prep, grading, commuting, and teaching.