MONTGOMERY - AL -
Alabama State University trustees have formed a mutual separation agreement with suspended university President, Joseph Silver. Trustees voted 8-to-1 to accept the agreement. One member chose not to vote. The terms of the separation agreement have not yet been announced. Silver was placed on paid administrative leave in November after officials said he tried firing executive vice president, John Knight, a state representative from Montgomery. Silver's contract allows trustees to fire him without cause, in which case the school will be responsible for paying out the remainder of his contract. If he is terminated with cause, the school does not have to continue paying him.
