Dean Jones says:

"Yes, I can see where having 'big blocks of time' will help you balance teaching and research...I can reduce the number of summer sessions to TWO.  Unfortunately, students have already registered for the upcoming semester.  Therefore, the best I can do will be to lower the number of days per week you would teach during the regular academic year from four to THREE to alleviate the 'time crunch' you are so worried about. 

However, in future semesters, for the next two years, I will assign you a two-day-per-week teaching schedule.

To summarize:

Here is the new contract package I'd like to offer you:

**TWO guaranteed trips to conferences each year for two years

**$1,000 for software to analyze data

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

**A nine-month salary at the 61.5 percentile

**Required to teach two summer sessions, none of which count toward your teaching load

**Three-days-a-week teaching schedule for the upcoming semester.  Two-days-a-week teaching schedule for the immediate two years thereafter.

How will you respond?

1.    That sounds quite fair...I accept your proposal.

2.    Perhaps if I taught combined sections -- or you allowed me to use multiple-choice tests exclusively -- then I would be able to balance teaching and research.

3.    Can you extend that arrangement to the immediate THREE years?

Then, I'd have some stability in my expectations for this position...

4.    Increase my salary to 65% and you've got yourself a deal.