Dean Jones says:

"Unless you have a compelling reason, I think one graduate assistant should be sufficient.  

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

**ONE graduate assistant.

**FOUR 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 55th percentile

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

**Three-day a week teaching schedule."

Your Response:

1.  Sounds good to me...  I accept!

2.  For how many years will this position be funded? 

3.  Why not TWO graduate assistants?  I'm working on several research projects, and two could really boost our college's research productivity.