Dean Jones says:

"Good!  We have an agreement!

Here is the new contract package:

**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 57th percentile

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

**Three-day a week teaching schedule.

Welcome to our University!"

Critique:

This was an average agreement.  You got a slightly-above-average salary and two trips, but you didn't negotiate for anything more than the minimum for software or hardware to support your research program.  Teaching three summer sessions will unfortunately cut into your time to write.  Adjusting your teaching schedule from five to three days per week cost the Dean nothing.  You may wish to try again to see if you can do better.