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Higher Education Performance Management Software

Manage performance processes shaped by faculty roles, staff classifications, approval chains, and institution-specific review cycles.

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Institutions Using Perform

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Manage Faculty and Staff Performance Evaluations

NEOED Perform is higher education performance evaluation software that helps colleges and universities manage faculty and staff reviews, check-ins, goals, approvals, and performance documentation in one secure system.

Built for academic HR workflows, Perform helps institutions reduce manual tracking, standardize review processes, and maintain complete performance records across campus.

FEATURES & CAPABILITIES

Manage Employee Performance with Workflows Built for Education HR

Supervisors can document goals, feedback, and employee progress with check-ins throughout the year, giving reviewers more context when formal evaluations begin. 

Employees and reviewers can record comments, acknowledgments, and responses, so completed evaluations include the context needed for the personnel record.

NEOED Perform Journal Hub

HR teams can create review templates, timelines, rating criteria, and participant groups by role, employee group, department, or review cycle to support more consistent performance criteria.

NEOED Perform Institution Competencies

Completed reviews follow the institution’s approval structure, helping evaluations move through supervisors, department chairs, deans, and HR. Finalized reviews, acknowledgments, and related documentation are stored with the employee record for future reference and reporting.

NEOED Perform Approval Routing

Performance data can be configured to support merit, step, and classification processes aligned with institutional HR requirements. 

HR teams can track completion while supervisors provide and document feedback, department chairs and deans review and approve evaluations, and employees acknowledge and respond to completed reviews.

NEOED Perform Task Settings

Connect employee information from hiring workflows into the broader HR record after a candidate becomes an employee.

NEOED Perform Positions List

Carry relevant onboarding information into the employee lifecycle to support early development and review conversations.

NEOED Perform Onboard Evaluations

Support merit or step-related processes when performance data is configured to align with institutional HR requirements.

NEOED Performance Rating Report

Bring performance data into broader HR reporting, including NEOED Attract, Onboard, and Learn, reducing duplicate entry, maintaining cleaner records, and supporting a more complete employee lifecycle.

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NEOED Perform Journal Hub
NEOED Perform Institution Competencies
NEOED Perform Approval Routing
NEOED Perform Task Settings
NEOED Perform Positions List
NEOED Perform Onboard Evaluations
NEOED Performance Rating Report
Perform Reports Dashboard

Institutions Like Yours Use Perform to:

30
 days
faster for performance review completion
70
%
reduction in evaluation management time
5
 hours
of admin work saved per week

“Prior to using Perform, we were using spreadsheets to keep track of when evaluations were due, and which ones were outstanding. Now, we have it all in one online system so we can electronically send out evaluations, track them, and make sure they’ve been received.”

  Vicki Hedges, Human Resources Director, Clackamas Community College
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WHY NEOED?

Performance Management Designed for Higher Ed HR

Higher education HR teams often manage performance reviews across departments, employee groups, approval chains, and documentation requirements that do not fit neatly into generic HR systems. 

NEOED Perform was built specifically for higher ed HR teams to streamline review management, document feedback, approval routing, and employee development across campus.

Traditional Approach vs. NEOED Perform

Traditional Approach
NEOED Perform

Annual reviews only, based on recent memory

Year-round check-ins and notes capturing performance context

Approval status tracked in email or spreadsheets

Configured workflows showing real-time review status

Evaluation templates differ by department or supervisor

HR-managed templates with consistent criteria across cycles

Employee responses captured inconsistently

Acknowledgments, comments, and responses attached to the review record

Generic systems that don’t reflect higher education job structures

Purpose-built academic architecture that aligns with campus roles and review paths

Ready to Build a More Consistent Review Process?

Request a demo today to see firsthand how NEOED Perform elevates performance evaluations.

How Your Peers Use Perform

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Clackamas Community College
Learn how Clackamas Community College traded their performance evaluation spreadsheets for one efficient online system.
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Utah Tech University
NEOED Perform helped Utah Tech University modernize their performance evaluation process and reduce late evaluations by 50%.
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Alabama Community College System
Learn how Alabama Community College System reduced evaluation admin time by 70% and improved completion rates.

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Common Questions About NEOED Perform

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Higher education performance evaluation software helps colleges and universities manage employee reviews, goals, feedback, approvals, and documentation. Unlike generic HR tools, it supports the role structures, review cycles, and approval paths common in academic institutions.

Perform is performance evaluation software built for higher education HR teams. It helps institutions manage review templates, continuous check-ins, approval workflows, employee acknowledgments, performance history, and related documentation in one system.

Perform helps HR teams configure evaluation templates, assign review participants, route approvals, and store completed documentation. Supervisors can use goals, notes, and check-ins to prepare reviews with more complete performance context.

Perform is designed for higher education HR teams, supervisors, department chairs, deans, and other leaders involved in employee performance reviews. It supports institutions that need more consistent review processes and clearer documentation.

Perform is built for higher education HR workflows, including academic approval paths, varied employee groups, and institution-specific review cycles. Generic systems often require more workarounds to support those structures.

Yes. Perform supports check-ins, notes, goals, and other performance context throughout the year. This helps supervisors prepare reviews with more than recent memory and gives employees clearer feedback between formal evaluations.

Perform connects with related NEOED workflows, including NEOED Attract and Onboard when configured for the institution’s needs. This helps reduce duplicate entries and improve record consistency.

Implementation timing depends on the institution’s review processes, templates, approval paths, data needs, and configuration requirements. NEOED works with higher education HR teams to support setup around their existing workflows.

Yes, Perform can support performance data used in merit, step, or classification-related workflows when configured to match the institution’s HR requirements and approval process.

Perform supports role-based access, configured permissions, review history, and secure handling of performance documentation. These controls help institutions protect sensitive employee information throughout the review process.

Yes. Employees can acknowledge evaluations and provide comments or responses when configured as part of the institution’s review process. This helps HR maintain a more complete performance record.

Migration options depend on the format, quality, and source of the existing records. During implementation planning, we will work with you to review available data and determine the best approach for bringing relevant information into the system.

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