He notes that the schools he has worked for typically have students involved in their disciplinary body, at least at the evidence gathering stages.

"An administrator might decide what to do about an event, but students are closest to what is normal behavior for a 19-year-old and are valuable when evaluating what happened [in a situation]," he says.

Members of the Ad Board say students are not invited to be on the board because they cannot guarantee their peers confidentiality.

But students can serve on the Student Faculty Judiciary Board (SFJB) for cases that have no precedent or have grave implications for the community. The SFJB has only heard one case since it was created in 1986.

Kors says only putting more students and faculty on the board will allow it to make decisions independent of the University. Neither group would be beholden to the interests of the general counsel or the Corporation in the same way that administrators are.

"It would be good for students to serve on the Ad Board, to de-mystify it. [The Ad Board] would be a lot less draconian, not like a TV sitcom," says Deborah Foster, an assistant dean for undergraduate education.