AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa said Monday night that the decision to push embattled Austin campus President Bill Powers to resign or possibly be fired this week comes from a “fractured” relationship that continues to deteriorate.

Cigarroa met with Powers last week to tell him to resign or face being fired when the Board of Regents meets Thursday in Austin. Powers, who has survived several previous attempts to oust him, offered instead to step down in June 2015.