School policy · checked October 19, 2026

Accused of using AI at Syracuse University? Its own rules, on the record.

Where this school stands on detectors

Score alone is not enough

A case may not be sent to the Academic Integrity Office with detector results as the only evidence. The school also chose not to license Turnitin's AI tool after its preview ended, over doubts about whether it works.

“Artificial Intelligence cases may not be submitted to the Academic Integrity Office with AI-detection results as the only evidence of an Academic Integrity Violation”

Status source: the school’s own published page — read it · checked October 19, 2026.

Your window

Published window: 7 business days to appeal a finding.

“Students have seven business days after receipt of a School or College decision to submit a written request for appeal”

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.

How your case gets decided

A hearing panel appointed by the school or college's Academic Integrity Coordinator hears the case; appeals go to a fresh panel.

What this means for your answer

Syracuse 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.

Included in the $39 MyWorkMyWords Kit

  • The evidence binder builder: the exact order to assemble version history, drafts, research trail, and earlier writing into one file a panel can follow in five minutes
  • Appeal statement templates: the fill-in structure for 'I wrote this, and here is the trail' — for a first answer, a formal appeal, and a score-only case where the school's own rules bar the score as sole proof
  • Hearing scripts: what to say when they read the score aloud, the questions to ask about the report, and how to answer 'did you use AI?' without talking yourself into a corner
  • The deadline tracker: your window, your hearing date, and the 'what to save from today' checklist so nothing expires while you build the file
  • The escalation page: the signs your case has outgrown a $39 kit — expulsion on the table, a license at stake — and how to hand a lawyer a file that is already built

Get the MyWorkMyWords Kit — $39

One payment of $39. No subscription. The kit is a web page you can return to and print — the evidence binder builder, appeal statement templates, hearing scripts, and deadline tracker, built for a student answering an accusation this week.