Dean Jones says:

"Suppose you just use multiple-choice exams for your first semester?  While a few faculty disapprove of using this format for exams, I will make a note in your personnel file, indicating that you received special permission from me to use them.  Will that be acceptable?

Then, starting in the Spring term, I can offer you either a 3-day-per- week schedule.  We like to rotate our faculty between a 3-day-per-week and a 2-day-per-week schedule.

Recall that this is my slightly-modified proposal:  

**ONE guaranteed trip to a conference each year for two years.  At each  conference you will agree to recruit and interview job candidates for our college, if there is a need.

**You also agree to spend ten hours in the summer recruiting high school seniors to our university.

**$1,000 for software to analyze data

**$15,000 for hardware (i.e., special computer processor and other equipment)

**A nine-month salary at the 74th percentile; in return you promise to develop an plan for an Executive Education program.  The written plan is due one year from today.

**One graduate research assistant for TWO calendar years

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

**You will serve on a summer task force to re-design the core curriculum in the college of business

**Five-day a week teaching schedule for Fall, followed by a 3-day-per-week schedule for Spring.  You will rotate between a 2-day-per-week schedule and a 3-day-per-week schedule thereafter, unless an emergency arises."

Your response:

1. Yes, that will be acceptable.

2. Raise my salary to the 79th percentile and you've got yourself a deal! You know, most places would be happy to hire me at the 79th percentile because I bring a lot of value to the university that hires me.