A Different World is een Amerikaanse komedieserie van de zender NBC. De serie ging in première op 1 september 1987.
In deze spin-off van de populaire sitcom 'The Cosby Show' begint Denise Huxtable aan haar tweede jaar op Hillman, de universiteit waar haar ouders en grootvader ook gestudeerd hebben. Ze gaat in Gilbert Hall wonen en deelt daar een kamer met de 26-jarige Jaleesa Vinson en de praatgrage Maggie Lauten.
Whitley is distraught when everyone, including Julian, seems to have forgotten her 21st birthday. Kim has actually remembered, and is planning a girls-only surprise party. Dwayne and Ron decide to kidnap Whitley and throw her in a fountain for some reason. Kim fails to thwart their plans, but Ron falls while climbing the dorm wall and injures his leg. A depressed Whitley gets drunk on cheap wine and has a dinner date with her photograph of Denzel Washington. The girls arrive to take her out; they agree that she should have told Julian about her birthday instead of expecting him to find out on his own. Jaleesa pretends not to care when she sees Walter on a date with the medic who treated Ron. Whitley apologizes to Julian for testing him.