Last year I was given a preview contract which showed my verbally agreed to pay increase in print. However, yesterday on seeing the new contract updated for the new year and ready to be signed this wednesday the salary has increased by 3 times more than I was expecting. The figure is the same on the contract they will keep and on mine.

What would you do in this situation? Just sign it and go with it? Or question it and potentially find your increase back to the minimum originally offered? One thing I do know is that instead of hiring 2 professors they have only hired one new one and furthermore our class sizes have increased by 20%. Just maybe this is some recognition of that and some of the money has come my way, but I have no idea.

Thoughts?