Dean Jones says:
Great! Just to review, these are the terms we agreed to:
**ONE guaranteed trip to a conference each year for two years
**$1,200 for software to analyze data
**$12,000 for hardware (i.e., special computer processor and other equipment)
**A nine-month salary at the 64th 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 a pretty good deal for you, compensation-wise. You got a high starting salary for a fresh Ph.D. and you increased your software and hardware budgets compared to the initial offers. However, you are saddled with a high teaching load. Try again to see if you can get an even better agreement.