Steven Culver has been named assistant provost for assessment and evaluation at Virginia Tech. Culver has served as interim director of the office since the retirement of Ray Van Dyke in September 2013.
Culver has been published widely in the areas of educational evaluation, assessment, and vocational education. He also held several editorial positions for academic journals, including his most recent as guest editor of a special edition of the European Journal of Higher Education focused on assessment in 2013.