Dean Jones says:
Here is the contract package we have agreed to:
**TWO guaranteed trips to a conference each year for two years
**One graduate research assistant for one year.
**$2,000 for software to analyze data
**$12,000 for hardware (i.e., special computer processor and other equipment)
**A nine-month salary at the 25th percentile
**Required to teach two summer sessions, none of which count toward your teaching load
**Three-day-a-week teaching schedule.
Welcome to our university!"
Critique:
You got a good deal for everything -- except salary and the summer school teaching. Perhaps you'd like to try again to see if you can get a better deal.