On the contractor-employee continuum, professors are really closer to contractors than they are full time employees. Critically, professors are not “full time”

On the contractor-employee continuum, professors are really closer to contractors than they are full time employees. Critically, professors are not “full time” from an annual timeframe. They are salaried, yes, but maybe only work for 9/12 months per year. Their salaries are commensurately lowered. Therefore many professors take outside contract jobs during those 3 months to make up the difference. Contracting arrangements, including serving as expert witnesses. are so common that it’s usually built into the Faculty “constitution” or whatever it may be called at UoF.