Comment Re:So the conclusion is... (Score 1) 155
Yeah, you're probably right - most of them are there all the time. But it's likely they were there doing something not related to their 9 month "professor" salary. They could have been working on research funded by a grant, writing a book (make more money), writing papers/proposals (good for promotions), or teaching summer school (I'm guessing there is financial compensation for this, but who knows...probably depends on the school), etc.