APO adds on-time priority tags to cases in APBears. Among all other cases, priority will be given to those cases that have on-time tags. This means that review of these on-time cases will be completed before late cases are reviewed, with the goal of providing decisions about merit-increase cases with on-time tags no later than the effective date of the action.
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the candidate has submitted final materials by the campus deadline, and
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APO has received the review-ready case from the dean’s office by the APO deadline, and
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any material errors requiring APO to route the case back to the unit have been promptly corrected prior to the campus deadline.
The APBears system will send an automated email to the candidate to confirm whether the case has received an on-time priority tag. The message will remind faculty members that they can view the progress of their cases by using the Routing tab in APBears. The tab will enable them to see when they submitted their materials, when their chair submitted their case to their dean, and when their dean submitted their case to APO.
Central reviewers will always give the highest priority to cases for appointment, retention, mid-career review, and promotion, regardless of when they were submitted. APO already tags these cases for expedited review within APBears.
You must submit and certify accuracy of all materials needed for your review by September 15th or by an earlier deadline established by the department.