The Exemplary Student Pathways Change Model—Student Success Through Data Agency and Curricular Redesign

How do you institutionalize and scale a proven, effective, and impactful change model within and across institutions at a time of higher education upheaval while preserving core values regarding student success and institutional autonomy?

This session will answer these questions by exploring the Exemplary Student Pathways change model, a scalable approach to eliminating gaps and increasing completion though data agency and curricular redesign. Developed in a partnership between the University of Texas System and its academic institutions, the model has been beta-tested and refined across twenty-two projects at nine universities since 2022. The session will provide:
• An overview of the Exemplary Student Pathways (ESP) change model designed for replication, sustainability, and institutionalization.
• A demonstration of the ESP Playbook, an interactive online tool to support team-based engagement, assessment, sustainability, and institutionalization of the model.
• Professional learning on data-informed curricular redesign featuring hands-on use of the ESP Playbook’s Data Agency and Curricular Redesign Rubrics.