A spinoff of "The Cosby Show," with daughter Denise as a sophomore adjusting to life on her own at predominantly African-American Hillman College, the alma mater of Cliff, Clair and Russell Huxtable. Denise shares a room with Jaleesa Vinson, a 26-year-old divorcee, and Maggie Lauten, a transfer student. Also residing in the female dormitory are Whitley Gilbert, a vain Southern belle, and Lettie Bostic, an unconventional dorm director. Denise struggles through her schoolwork under the constant eye of Dwayne Wayne, the campus brain and would-be lothario.