School policy · checked October 19, 2026
Score alone is not enough
Detectors stay available, but instructors are told to treat results with extreme distrust and never as the only deciding factor; the Purdue system separately says it does not recognize the validity of any AI detection tool.
“Faculty must not use AI detection applications alone to conclude that there has been plagiarism or a violation of academic integrity”
Status source: the school’s own published page — read it · checked October 19, 2026.
Published window: 7 business days to appeal a finding.
“The appeal must be physically received in the Office of the VPSA or EVPAA/Provost within seven University business days of the date the decision letter was sent”
Window source: the school’s own published page — read it · checked October 19, 2026.
Count it from your notice date in the free checker. If your letter states a different date, the letter wins.
Cases run through the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities, with Community Standards Board hearings; sanction appeals go to the Provost's office.
Purdue University's own guidance says a score cannot carry a case alone. Hold the school to its own rule — politely, by quoting it — and make the rest of the case about your evidence binder, which is what a panel can actually weigh.
Next steps: count your deadline in the free checker, build from the evidence list, and compare schools in the full table.
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