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Roumell Opportunistic Value Fund  
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Roumell Opportunistic Value Fund
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INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
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The Roumell Opportunistic Value Fund (the "Fund") seeks capital appreciation and income.
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FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND
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These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.
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Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] rr_OperatingExpensesCaption
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination
December 31, 2018
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Portfolio Turnover.
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The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 111.52% of the average value of its portfolio. The increase in the portfolio turnover from the prior fiscal year was primarily due to the increase in trading volume during the period.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate 111.52%
Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text] rr_ExpensesNotCorrelatedToRatioDueToAcquiredFundFees
The "Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses" and "Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses" will not match the Fund's gross and net expense ratios reported in the Financial Highlights from the Fund's financial statements, which reflect the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.
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Example.
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This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
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Roumell Asset Management, LLC pursues long-term capital growth and income through opportunistic value investing. The Advisor seeks to own a basket of deeply researched securities that are out of favor, overlooked, or misunderstood by Wall Street and thus able to be bought at a significant discount to our calculation of intrinsic value. The Advisor emphasizes conservatively financed securities. The Advisor believes this strategy will likely maximize the probability of above-average rates of return over time. Roumell Asset Management invests predominantly in companies that it considers to have strong balance sheets. Roumell Asset Management believes this approach may significantly reduce the risk of loss of capital. The companies in which Roumell Asset Management invests generally possess valuable assets, tend to have substantial cash positions, and are typically unencumbered by significant liabilities. The Advisor is an opportunistic capital allocator (OCA) with a deep value bias in selecting individual securities. The Advisor will wait until an investment situation is presented where, in its opinion, the odds of success are favorable relative to the risks. In the absence of such situations, the Fund will stay liquid and on the sidelines invested in cash and cash equivalents. The Advisor's approach to opportunistic investing emphasizes purchasing securities at a meaningful, quantifiable discount to its calculation of intrinsic value taking into consideration the understandability of the business model, the safety of the capital structure, and the competency of the company's management. Using this opportunistic strategy, however, may result in the Advisor finding many suitable investment opportunities for the Fund during certain periods but finding very few during other periods.
The Advisor believes that its strength lies in digging deeply into specific securities (primarily equity, but opportunistically in fixed income as well), assessing underlying value, and remaining highly disciplined about what it deems to be a reasonable price for those securities.
The Fund's portfolio will primarily consist of (i) domestic and foreign equity securities (common stock, preferred stock, warrants, securities convertible into common stocks); (ii) domestic and foreign fixed income securities consisting of government and corporate debt securities, "junk" bonds, municipal securities, and real estate investment trusts ("REITs"); and (iii) interest-bearing instruments consisting of treasury bills, other U.S. government obligations and bonds, collateralized repurchase contracts, money market instruments, and money market funds (collectively referred to as cash and cash equivalents).
The Fund may invest in these securities directly or indirectly through investments in other investment companies, principally closed-end funds and exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"). The Fund will primarily invest in domestic equity; however, there is no predetermined allocation of the Fund's assets among equity securities, fixed income securities, and cash and cash equivalents. The Advisor will allocate the Fund's assets as it deems appropriate in accordance with the Fund's investment objective and investment strategy. The Fund's investment policy may be changed without shareholder approval upon prior written notice to shareholders.
The Fund is not limited in its investments by market capitalization or sector criteria, though it focuses on small and micro cap equities.  The Fund may invest in fixed income securities of variable terms, any maturity, and any credit quality determined by the major credit rating agencies, including junk bonds, bonds of issuers in default, and unrated bonds deemed by the Advisor to be of comparable quality. The portion of the Fund's portfolio allocated to fixed income securities does not have an established average duration. REITs in which the Fund invests may include equity REITs, mortgage REITs, and hybrid REITs. The Fund is not diversified.
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PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND
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The loss of your money is a principal risk of investing in the Fund. Investments in the Fund are subject to investment risks, including the possible loss of some or the entire principal amount invested. There can be no assurance that the Fund will be successful in meeting its investment objective. The Fund will be subject to the following principal risks:
 
General Risks:
Opportunistic Investment Strategy Risk. There are risks associated with the Fund's opportunistic investment strategy. The Fund is expected to be conservative with its opportunistic investing, particularly with respect to the price it is willing to pay for the securities in which it is considering investing, and, as a result, may miss out on opportunities that have a reasonable risk/reward trade off. In addition, in periods of overall rising market levels (whether those rises are the result of speculative bubbles or the confirmation of underlying fundamentals), the Fund may not fully participate in market gains when it is heavily invested in Cash and Cash Equivalents. In such periods, mutual funds that are fully invested in equity securities will likely provide superior returns.
Sector Risk.  Sector risk is the possibility that securities within the same group of industries will decline in price due to sector-specific market or economic developments.  If the Fund invests more heavily in a particular sector, the value of its shares may be especially sensitive to factors and economic risks that specifically affect that sector.  As a result, the Fund's share price may fluctuate more widely than the value of shares of a mutual fund that invests in a broader range of industries.  Additionally, some sectors could be subject to greater government regulation than other sectors.  Therefore, changes in regulatory policies for those sectors may have a material effect on the value of securities issued by companies in those sectors.  The sectors in which the Fund may more heavily invest will vary; however, the Fund will invest less than 25% of its assets in any one industry or group of industries.
Non-diversified Fund Risk. The Fund is a non-diversified fund. In general, a non-diversified fund will invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer and will own fewer securities than diversified mutual funds. Accordingly, a non-diversified fund is generally subject to the risk that a large loss in an individual issuer will cause a greater loss for the fund than it would if the fund were required to hold a larger number of securities or smaller positions. A non-diversified fund may also have a more volatile net asset value ("NAV") per share than diversified mutual funds. The Fund will limit investments in a single industry or group of industries (except U.S. Government and cash items) to less than 25% of the Fund's total assets.
Cybersecurity Risk. As part of its business, the Advisor processes, stores and transmits large amounts of electronic information, including information relating to the transactions of the Fund. The Advisor and the Fund are therefore susceptible to cybersecurity risk. Cybersecurity failures or breaches of the Fund or its service providers have the ability to cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses, the inability of Fund shareholders to transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties and/or reputational damage. The Fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted as a result.
Equity Securities Risks:
Common Stocks.  The Fund's investments in common stocks, both directly and indirectly through the Fund's investment in shares of other investment companies, may fluctuate in value response to many factors, including the activities of the individual companies whose securities the Fund owns, general market and economic conditions, interest rates, and specific industry changes.  Moreover, small and micro cap equities, where the Fund focuses, are generally more volatile than are large cap equities. Such price fluctuations subject the Fund to potential losses.  In addition, regardless of any one company's particular prospects, a declining stock market may produce a decline in prices for all equity securities, which could also result in losses for the Fund.  Market declines may continue for an indefinite period of time, and investors should understand that during temporary or extended bear markets, the value of common stocks will decline.   Common stock generally is subordinate to preferred stock and debt securities with respect to the payment of dividends and upon the liquidation or bankruptcy of the issuing company.
Preferred Stock Risk. Like shares of common stock, the value of preferred stock may fluctuate in response to many factors, including the activities of the issuer, general market and economic conditions, interest rates, and specific industry changes. Preferred stock may fail to pay dividends when expected. The rights of holders of preferred stock are generally subordinate to the rights associated with a corporation's debt securities.
Convertible Securities Risk. Convertible securities are securities that may be converted into shares of stock. Due to the conversion feature, the interest rate or dividend preference of a convertible security is usually less than if the securities were non-convertible. The value of convertible securities tends to change when the market value of the underlying stock fluctuates and tends to fluctuate inversely with changes in interest rates.
Large-Cap Securities Risk.  Larger, more established companies may be slow to respond to challenges and may grow more slowly than smaller companies.
Small-Cap and Mid-Cap Securities Risk. The Fund may invest in securities of small-cap and mid-cap companies, which involves greater volatility than investing in larger and more established companies. Small-cap and mid-cap companies can be subject to more abrupt or erratic share price changes than larger, more established companies. Securities of these types of companies have limited market liquidity, and their prices may be more volatile. You should expect that the value of the Fund's shares will be more volatile than a fund that invests exclusively in large-capitalization companies.
Micro-Cap Securities Risk. Some of the small companies in which the Fund invests may be micro-cap companies. Micro-cap stocks may offer greater opportunity for capital appreciation than the stocks of larger and more established companies; however, they also involve substantially greater risks of loss and price fluctuations. Micro-cap companies carry additional risks because of the tendency of their earnings and revenues to be less predictable (and some companies may be experiencing significant losses), their share prices to be more volatile and their markets to be less liquid than companies with larger market capitalizations. Micro-cap companies may be newly formed or in the early stages of development, with limited product lines, markets or financial resources, and may lack management depth. In addition, there may be less public information available about these companies. The shares of micro-cap companies tend to trade less frequently than those of larger, more established companies, which can adversely affect the pricing of these securities and the future ability to sell these securities. Also, it may take a long time before the Fund realizes a gain, if any, on an investment in a micro-cap company.
Risks Related to Investing in Other Investment Companies.  The Fund's investment strategy may involve investing in other investment companies, such as closed-end funds or ETFs.  Investments in other investment companies subject the Fund to additional operating and management fees and expenses.  For example, investors in the Fund will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the investment companies in which the Fund invests, in addition to the Fund's direct fees and expenses.  As a result, the cost of investing in the Fund will be higher than the cost of investing directly in such closed-end funds and also may be higher than other funds that invest directly in securities.  The shares of closed-end funds frequently trade at a premium or discount relative to their net asset value.  When the Fund purchases shares of a closed-end fund at a discount to its net asset value, there can be no assurance that the discount will decrease, and it is possible that the discount may increase.  Furthermore, investing in other investment companies may affect the timing, amount, and character of distributions and therefore may increase the amount of taxes payable by you.
 
Fixed-Income Securities Risks:
Interest Rate and Credit Risk. Interest rates may rise resulting in a decrease in the value of the fixed income securities held by the Fund or may fall resulting in an increase in the value of such securities. Fixed income securities with longer maturities generally involve greater risk than those with shorter maturities. Issuers of fixed income securities might be unable to make principal and interest payments when due.
Maturity Risk.  Maturity risk is another factor that can affect the value of the Fund's debt holdings. In general, the longer the maturity of a fixed income instrument, the higher its yield and the greater its sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Conversely, the shorter the maturity, the lower the yield but the greater the price stability.
Inflation Risk.  Fixed income securities are subject to inflation risk. Because inflation reduces the purchasing power of income produced by existing fixed income securities, the prices at which fixed income securities trade will be reduced to compensate for the fact that the income they produce is worth less. This potential decrease in market value of fixed income securities would result in a loss in the value of the Fund's portfolio.
Investment-Grade Securities Risk. Fixed income securities are generally rated by NRSROs. While fixed income securities rated BBB by S&P Global Ratings ("S&P") or Baa by Moody's Investor Services, Inc. ("Moody's") are considered investment-grade securities, they are somewhat riskier than higher rated investment-grade obligations because they are regarded as having only an adequate capacity to pay principal and interest and are considered to lack outstanding investment characteristics and may be speculative. Fixed income securities with lower ratings are subject to higher credit risk and may be subject to greater fluctuations in value than that of higher rated fixed income securities.
Lower-rated Securities or "Junk Bonds" Risk. Fixed income securities rated below BBB by S&P or Baa by Moody's are considered speculative in nature and may be subject to certain risks with respect to the issuing entity and to greater market fluctuations than higher rated fixed income securities. Lower rated fixed income securities are usually issued by companies without long track records of sales and earnings, or by companies with questionable credit strength. These fixed income securities are considered "below investment-grade." The retail secondary market for these "junk bonds" may be less liquid than that of higher rated fixed income securities and adverse conditions could make it difficult at times to sell certain securities or could result in lower prices than those used in calculating the Fund's net asset value. These risks can reduce value of the Fund's shares and the income it earns.
Risks of Investing in REITs.  To the extent that the Fund invests in REITs, it will be subject to the risks associated with owning real estate and with the real estate industry generally. These include difficulties in valuing and disposing of real estate, the possibility of declines in the value of real estate, risks related to general and local economic conditions, the possibility of adverse changes in the climate for real estate, environmental liability risks, the risk of increases in property taxes and operating expenses, possible adverse changes in zoning laws, the risk of casualty or condemnation losses, limitations on rents, the possibility of adverse changes in interest rates and in the credit markets and the possibility of borrowers paying off mortgages sooner than expected, which may lead to reinvestment of assets at lower prevailing interest rates.
An equity REIT holds equity positions in real estate and provides its shareholders with income from the leasing of its properties and capital gains from any sale of properties. Accordingly, equity REITs may be particularly affected by changes in the value of the underlying property owned. A mortgage REIT specializes in lending money to developers of properties and passes any interest income earned to its shareholders. It may be particularly affected by changes in the quality of any credit extended.
To the extent the Fund invests in REITs, it will also be subject to the risk that a REIT will default on its obligations or go bankrupt. By investing in REITs indirectly through a Fund, a shareholder will bear not only his or her proportionate share of the expenses of the Fund, but also, indirectly, similar expenses of the REITs. The Fund's investments in REITs could cause the Fund to recognize income in excess of cash received from those securities and, as a result, the Fund may be required to sell portfolio securities, including when it is not advantageous to do so, in order to make required distributions.
Risks of Investing in Corporate Debt Securities. Corporate debt securities are fixed income securities issued by businesses. Notes, bonds, debentures and commercial paper are the most prevalent types of corporate debt securities. The credit risks of corporate debt securities vary widely among issuers. In addition, the credit risk of an issuer's debt security may vary based on its priority for repayment. For example, higher ranking (senior) debt securities have a higher priority than lower ranking (subordinated) securities. This means that the issuer might not make payments on subordinated securities while continuing to make payments on senior securities. In addition, in the event of bankruptcy, holders of senior securities may receive amounts otherwise payable to the holders of subordinated securities. Some subordinated securities, such as trust preferred and capital securities notes, also permit the issuer to defer payments under certain circumstances. For example, insurance companies issue securities known as surplus notes that permit the insurance company to defer any payment that would reduce its capital below regulatory requirements.
Government Debt Markets May Be Illiquid or Disrupted. Although generally highly liquid, the markets in which the Fund trades could experience periods of illiquidity, sometimes of significant duration.
Foreign Securities Risks:
Foreign Securities Risk. Foreign securities involve investment risks different from those associated with domestic securities. Changes in foreign economies and political climates are more likely to affect the Fund than a mutual fund that invests exclusively in domestic securities. The value of foreign currency denominated securities or foreign currency contracts is affected by the value of the local currency relative to the U.S. dollar. There may be less government supervision of foreign markets, resulting in non-uniform accounting practices and less publicly available information about issuers of foreign currency denominated securities. The value of foreign investments may be affected by changes in exchange control regulations, application of foreign tax laws (including withholding tax), changes in governmental administration or economic or monetary policy (in this country or abroad), or changed circumstances in dealings between nations. In addition, foreign brokerage commissions, custody fees, and other costs of investing in foreign securities are generally higher than in the United States. Investments in foreign issues could be affected by other factors not present in the United States, including expropriation, armed conflict, confiscatory taxation, and potential difficulties in enforcing contractual obligations.
Currency Risk. Currency risk is the chance that changes in currency exchange rates will negatively affect securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies. The Fund's investments in foreign securities exposes the Fund to foreign currencies and subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. Adverse changes in currency exchange rates (relative to the U.S. dollar) may erode or reverse any potential gains from a portfolio's investment in securities denominated in a foreign currency or may widen existing losses. Currency gains and losses could occur regardless of the performance of the underlying investment.
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The loss of your money is a principal risk of investing in the Fund.
Risk Nondiversified Status [Text] rr_RiskNondiversifiedStatus
Non-diversified Fund Risk. The Fund is a non-diversified fund. In general, a non-diversified fund will invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer and will own fewer securities than diversified mutual funds. Accordingly, a non-diversified fund is generally subject to the risk that a large loss in an individual issuer will cause a greater loss for the fund than it would if the fund were required to hold a larger number of securities or smaller positions.  A non-diversified fund may also have a more volatile net asset value ("NAV") per share than diversified mutual funds.  The Fund will limit investments in a single industry or group of industries (except U.S. Government and cash items) to less than 25% of the Fund's total assets.
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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
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The following bar chart and tables provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the performance of the Institutional Class Shares from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual total returns of compare to that of a broad-based securities market index. The Fund's past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated information on the Fund's results can be obtained by visiting http://www.roumellfund.com.
Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text] rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns
The following bar chart and tables provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the performance of the Institutional Class Shares from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual total returns of compare to that of a broad-based securities market index.
Performance Availability Website Address [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress
http://www.roumellfund.com.
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture
The Fund's past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
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Institutional Class Shares
Calendar Year Returns
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Quarterly Returns 
Highest and Lowest Returns During This Time Period
Highest return for a quarter
11.91%
Quarter ended
March 31, 2013
Lowest return for a quarter
-14.86%
Quarter ended
September 30, 2015
Year-to-date return as of most recent quarter
15.77%
Quarter ended
September 30, 2017
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Average Annual Total Returns Periods Ended December 31, 2016 (returns with maximum sales charge)
Performance Table Does Reflect Sales Loads rr_PerformanceTableDoesReflectSalesLoads
returns with maximum sales charge
Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate rr_PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred
Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown and are not applicable to investors who hold Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account (IRA).
Performance Table Closing [Text Block] rr_PerformanceTableClosingTextBlock
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.  Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown and are not applicable to investors who hold Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account (IRA).
Roumell Opportunistic Value Fund | Institutional Class Shares  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol RAMSX
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed On Purchases (as a % of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a % of lesser of amount purchased or redeemed) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther none
Redemption Fee (as a % of amount redeemed; charged upon any redemption of shares within 60 days of their issuance) rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption 1.00%
Exchange Fee rr_ExchangeFeeOverRedemption none
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.92%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.41%
Interest on Securities Sold Short rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.01% [1]
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.05% [2]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.39%
Less Fee Waiver and/or Expense Limitation rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets 0.10% [3]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.29%
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 131
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 430
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 751
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 1,660
2011 rr_AnnualReturn2011 (11.69%)
2012 rr_AnnualReturn2012 12.98%
2013 rr_AnnualReturn2013 11.89%
2014 rr_AnnualReturn2014 (5.18%)
2015 rr_AnnualReturn2015 (21.24%)
2016 rr_AnnualReturn2016 18.02%
Year to Date Return, Label rr_YearToDateReturnLabel Year-to-date return as of most recent quarter
Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate Sep. 30, 2017
Bar Chart, Year to Date Return rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn 15.77%
Highest Quarterly Return, Label rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel Highest return for a quarter
Highest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate Mar. 31, 2013
Highest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn 11.91%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel Lowest return for a quarter
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate Sep. 30, 2015
Lowest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn (14.86%)
Label rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel
Before taxes
Past 1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 18.02%
Past 5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 2.19%
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception (0.27%)
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Dec. 31, 2010
Roumell Opportunistic Value Fund | After Taxes on Distributions | Institutional Class Shares  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Label rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel
After taxes on distributions
Past 1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 17.95%
Past 5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 1.17%
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception (1.14%)
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Dec. 31, 2010
Roumell Opportunistic Value Fund | After Taxes on Distributions and Sales | Institutional Class Shares  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Label rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel
After taxes on distributions and sale of shares
Past 1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 14.59%
Past 5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 1.56%
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception (0.42%)
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Dec. 31, 2010
Roumell Opportunistic Value Fund | Benchmark of 60% Russell 2000 Value Index and 40% Barclays Capital U.S. Government/Credit Index (reflects no deductions for fees and expenses)  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
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(reflects no deductions for fees and expenses)
Label rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel
Benchmark of 60% Russell 2000 Value Index and 40% Barclays Capital U.S. Government/Credit Index (reflects no deductions for fees and expenses)
Past 1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 21.63%
Past 5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 10.23%
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 8.49%
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Dec. 31, 2010
Roumell Opportunistic Value Fund | Russell 2000 Value Index (reflects no deductions for fees and expenses)  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Index No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, Taxes [Text] rr_IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes
(reflects no deductions for fees and expenses)
Label rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel
Russell 2000 Value Index (reflects no deductions for fees and expenses)
Past 1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 31.74%
Past 5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 15.07%
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 11.34%
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Dec. 31, 2010
Roumell Opportunistic Value Fund | Barclays Capital U.S. Government/Credit Index (reflects no deductions for fees and expenses)  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Index No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, Taxes [Text] rr_IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes
(reflects no deductions for fees and expenses)
Label rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel
Barclays Capital U.S. Government/Credit Index (reflects no deductions for fees and expenses)
Past 1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 3.05%
Past 5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 2.29%
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 3.33%
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Dec. 31, 2010
Roumell Opportunistic Value Fund | S&P 500 Total Return Index (reflects no deductions for fees and expenses)  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Index No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, Taxes [Text] rr_IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes
(reflects no deductions for fees and expenses)
Label rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel
S&P 500 Total Return Index (reflects no deductions for fees and expenses)
Past 1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 11.96%
Past 5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 14.66%
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 12.45%
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Dec. 31, 2010
[1] "Interest on Securities Sold Short" reflects interest expense on borrowed securities. Interest expense results from the Fund's use of prime brokerage arrangements to execute short sales. Such expenses are required to be treated as a Fund expense for accounting purposes and are not payable to the Fund or Roumell Asset Management, LLC ("Roumell Asset Management" or the "Advisor"). Any interest expense amount will vary based on the Fund's use of those investments.
[2] "Acquired Fund" means any investment company in which the Fund invests or has invested during the previous fiscal year. The "Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses" and "Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses" will not match the Fund's gross and net expense ratios reported in the Financial Highlights from the Fund's financial statements, which reflect the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.
[3] The Advisor has entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement with the Fund under which it has agreed to waive or reduce its fees in an amount that limits the Fund's annual operating expenses (exclusive of acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage fees and commissions, extraordinary expenses, and payments under the Rule 12b-1 distribution plan) to not more than 1.23% of the average daily net assets of the Fund through December 31, 2018. The Expense Limitation Agreement may not be terminated prior to that date. Further, net annual operating expenses for the Fund may exceed those contemplated by the waiver due to acquired fund fees and other expenses that are not waived under the Expense Limitation Agreement. During the past fiscal year, this expense ratio was limited by a similar Operating Plan between the Advisor and the Fund's Administrator.