The College Class With a Waitlist—Because It Teaches the One Thing School Never Did
Based on my 2023 conversation with Dr. Tim L. Davis, Associate Professor of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia's Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy.
When psychologist Dr. Tim Davis first taught a class on resilience at the University of Virginia, it was tiny.
18 students.
One credit.
Ungraded.
Today, it enrolls 150 students a semester with waitlists just as long.
Not because it teaches finance, coding, or AI.
Because it teaches something students quietly admit they don’t know how to do:
How to struggle wit…
