The practice of compensating instructors on the basis of the number of students enrolled in their courses or on the basis of a certain percentage of income produced by
each course is generally frowned on as introducing an undesirable element of commercialism into the relationship of the instructor with the program; it tends to induce a
force on the instructors to perceive their students as economic units rather than self-actualizing learners Most adult educators prefer to regard their instructors as professional people who are entitled to a certain fee for services rendered.
The exact amount of compensation that will be best in a given situation will depend upon such factors as these: