Dean Jones says:

Great!  Just to review, your new contract specifies:

**ONE guaranteed trip to a conference 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 60th percentile

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

**Three-day a week teaching schedule."

Critique:

This was not a great deal for you.  Yes, you got an above-average salary; however, you got minimal amounts for both hardware and software.  You also were assigned a very heavy teaching load.  Try again to see if you can get a better deal.