consulting professor

想好奇的问问，

consulting professor是干什么的？

为什么很多学校设置这个，和research professor有什么区别

好像有很多去stanford做consulting professor的。

好吧，我在stanford的相关页面上找到了，看来问问题前得自己先找找。

http://med.stanford.edu/academic ... ulting-faculty.html
Overview
Consulting Faculty are individuals who hold a doctoral degree and are employed in business, industry, or government, or are retired from an academic institution, and who wish to visit Stanford.  They may be paid or unpaid.  They are appointed for one year, renewable.