The University Act also legislates the leadership of the university, including the powers, duties and offices of the president. The president holds the offices of vice-chancellor, member of the Board of Governors and chair of the Senate. The president and vice-chancellor is the chief executive officer, responsible to the Board and Senate for the supervision of TRU's administrative and academic work. Advising and reporting to the president are the provost and vice-president academic, the vice-president administration and finance, the vice-president advancement, the associate vice-president marketing and communications, and the executive director aboriginal education. TRU offers 140 on-campus programs, and about 60 distance or online programs through its Open Learning Division, in the following faculties and schools:   TRU also has two divisions: Open Learning, offering distance, online and blended learning options to students in all faculties and schools; and TRU World, serving international and study abroad students. TRU's academic vision is guided by the Academic Plan: Access to Excellence (2011). As mandated by provincial legislation in the Thompson Rivers University Act, TRU Open Learning "serves the open learning needs of British Columbia" by providing open, accessible and flexible learning, as well as recognition of learning through an "open learning educational credit bank" for students. Open Learning's courses and programs are delivered online or via distance with a continuous enrollment schedule and an open admission policy, to ensure all types of learners have an opportunity to complete their education and further their careers. All persons are eligible for general admission to Open Learning and can apply for course registration as well as admission into credential programs. Applicants do not require a specific grade point average (GPA) and are not required to submit transcripts from secondary school to be admitted to TRU-OL and to register in courses. Sexual abuse and sentence  In June 2019, a Slovakian court in Prešov found a professor of the Thompson Rivers University David Scheffel guilty of sexual abuse and illegal weapon possession and sentenced to seven years in prison.