Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities

The mission of the Office of Student Rights & Responsibilities is to promote responsibility and encourage honesty, integrity, and respect among Purdue students through education, compliance with behavioral standards, and support of individual rights. To sustain this mission we are committed to:

• Work collaboratively with students, faculty, and staff to create an ethical and safe environment in which scholarship may flourish;
• Promote good citizenship among students and administer conduct standards in a fair, respectful, and equitable manner;
• Disseminate and interpret University regulations and standards to students, faculty, staff, parents, and the general community;
• Promote compliance with the spirit and intent of the Purdue Bill of Students Rights and University Code of Conduct;
• Serve as a resource and information agency for students, faculty, staff, parents and others concerning student rights and standards;
• Facilitate, with dignity, the resolution of concerns and disputes at the lowest level possible;
• Serve as an advocate for, and resource to, student victims of crimes, harassment, and other traumatic experiences;
• Guide students toward a greater sense of personal responsibility and mature and ethical behavior that enhances the quality of the University and community environment; and
• Provide counseling and educational experiences to assist students in making appropriate choices concerning behavior.