Faculty reviews, promotion and tenure software
Discover the fully configurable RPT software built into Watermark Faculty Success.
Every faculty review, from annual evaluations to complex tenure cases, in one fair, efficient, and fully configurable system.
Reviews, Promotion and Tenure (RPT) for Watermark Faculty Success mirrors your campus policies, supports every review type, and works from day one. No activity reporting required to get started.
RPT for Watermark Faculty Success in action
Automating faculty reviews with confidence
Slashing support time with automated workflows
Core capabilities
Run every review in one place
Centralize every review type – annual, reappointment, third-year, promotion, tenure, and post-tenure – in one auditable system. Past reviews feed forward automatically so candidates building toward promotion or tenure always have their full history in one place. No more workarounds for joint appointments or off-cycle cases.
Clarity, consistency, and a fair experience
Every faculty member gets a consistent, transparent process with standardized review packet presentation, visible status at every step, and permanent access to their review history. Reviewers focus on substance, not formatting.
Tailored to your policies, not a template
Configure workflows to match your established policies exactly: step order, reviewer assignments, due dates, security controls, external review steps, branching logic, and rebuttals. Compliance is automatic, not managed manually.
Standalone deployment with room to grow
Deploy RPT as a complete standalone solution from day one. When you’re ready to enhance its impact, combine it with the Faculty Accomplishments module to automatically pre-populate review packets with evidence of faculty achievements. Add student perspectives on teaching effectiveness by integrating with Watermark Course Evaluations & Surveys.
Get an inside look at RPT in Faculty Success
Reviews, Promotion and Tenure by the numbers
institutions using RPT for Faculty Success
faculty reviews completed annually
faster faculty review cycles
hrs. saved per case vs. email & shared drives
Designed for every stakeholder in the faculty review process
Provosts and CAOs
Policy compliance, legal defensibility, and full visibility across every active and completed review case.
Faculty Affairs administrators
Launch cycles faster, automate routing and reminders, and manage every exception without leaving the system.
Deans & Chairs
Monitor review status across your unit, ensure consistent evaluation, and make evidence-backed decisions.
HR leaders
A purpose-built academic review system with the audit trail, access controls, and compliance reporting HR needs.
Faculty
A clear, transparent process: know exactly what to submit, track your case status, and access your full review history.
Bring your faculty handbook to life.
Determining which faculty members are up for review shouldn’t involve cross-referencing spreadsheets, department notes, and policy handbooks. Manual candidate tracking is exhausting for administrators and leaves real room for error – from miscalculated tenure clocks to missed milestone reviews.
By connecting Reviews, Promotion and Tenure with Faculty Career Pathways in Watermark Faculty Success, you can automate candidate selection in just a few clicks. Multi-layered query logic lets administrators filter candidate pools by career path, track, rank, and tenure status, instantly surfacing the right faculty for the right review cycle at the right time.
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