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Streamline Faculty Review Process

Safe, Secure, & Efficient Process Management

Say goodbye to binders and shared drives — with Reviews, Promotion, and Tenure in Watermark Faculty Success, your established review processes run predictably every time. Materials get into the right hands at the right moment. Automated reminders ensure tasks are completed promptly, and status updates allow faculty and administration to track progress, all in one secure system.

Key Benefits of Digitization

  • Simplicity

    Participants are guided through each step of the process.

  • Security

    All materials needed to support a process are safely stored within the system.

  • Control

    Materials are only available to designated participants in the process.

  • Confidence

    Correctly executed processes eliminate costly errors.

  • Transparency

    Stakeholders in a process receive role-specific progress updates.

How It Works

Digitize your institution’s faculty review processes.

  • Use intuitive drag-and-drop tools to build digitized processes that mirror your established evaluation, reappointment, promotion, and tenure review policies.
  • Designate process participants, including administrators, committee chairs and members, and external reviewers.
  • Set deadlines and automatic reminders to keep the process on track.

Drive efficiency with digitized materials.

  • The software secures materials and tracks progress, reducing busywork for administrative staff.
  • Reviewers access digitized materials via secure login — no more waiting for binders.
  • Concurrent reviewing eases bottlenecks in the process.

“One of our unexpected benefits of using workflow for annual reviews is that our compliance with policies and procedures has improved without needing to add oversight.” Elizabeth Heise, Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs The University of Texas at Arlington

Mitigate risk with a reliable & transparent process.

  • Digitization ensures that all reviews are handled correctly, based on your policies.
  • The software protects faculty materials from tampering, damage, or loss.
  • Only designated participants gain access to review materials.

Lighten the load for faculty, reviewers, & administration.

  • Importing activity reports and CVs directly into Faculty Success reduces data entry and the review-time compilation crunch for faculty.
  • Through a turnkey integration with Watermark Course Evaluations & Surveys, seamlessly add each faculty member’s course evaluation results to their review documentation for further reflection.
  • Reviewers access digital materials at a time and place convenient to them.
  • Stakeholders gain role-specific insight into progress — no calling or emailing to check status.

“It’s amazing how fast the reviews happen with Faculty Success. I’ve seen processes that used to take four months get reduced to just one. This makes it so much easier for colleges and universities to quickly hit their goals.” Elizabeth A. Heise, Ph.D. She/Her/Hers Associate Professor Asst. Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs The University of Texas at Arlington

Discover the Savings for Your University

Improve the faculty review experience with a digitized workflow.

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