Dean Jones says:

Here is the contract package we have agreed to:

**TWO guaranteed trip to a conference each year for two years

**$1,400 for software to analyze data

**$10,000 for hardware (i.e., special computer processor and other equipment)

**A nine-month salary at the 56th percentile

**Required to teach ONLY TWO 'extra-large' (by 25%) summer sessions, neither of which count toward your regular, academic year teaching load.  Allowed to give multiple-choice tests.

**Three-day-a-week teaching schedule for Fall semester; two-day-a-week teaching schedule for the following Spring semester, with extra-large (by 25%) sections. Allowed to give multiple-choice tests.

 

Critique:  Do you think this was a good deal?  Why do you think that?  What tactics did you use?  What tactics did Dean Jones use? Perhaps you want to play again to see if you can get a better deal.