Dean Jones says:

"You certainly know your own software needs...OK, I'll agree to that...

Here is the contract package that we have agreed upon:

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

**$1,434 for software to analyze data

**$15,000 for hardware (i.e., special computer processor and other equipment)

**A nine-month salary at the 55th percentile

**One graduate research assistant for THREE calendar years; in return, you agree to apply for external funding and you agree to list our university as your co-affiliation on any already-started projects.

**Required to teach Two summer sessions, none of which count toward your teaching load; each class will hold up to 43% more students as the normal summer session enrollment, as outlined above.

**Five-day a week teaching schedule for the first academic year.  Three-day-per-week teaching schedule for the second academic year.

Critique:

You got an above-average salary and a good allowance for hardware and software.  You also got one graduate student for three years.  However, your regular academic-year teaching schedule for the first year was not favorable.  You may wish to try again to see if you can get a more favorable agreement.