It was created by producer Harry Jakobs and Maryse Wilder, Rhea Cohen and Maurice Thevenet.
It debuted on October 17, 1988, and was aired right after the American soap opera General Hospital at 4pm, daily Monday through Friday replacing Bob Barker's The Price Is Right.
Making it at the time Canada's first daily syndicated soap opera with all 130 episodes shot two weeks in advance to air date until completion of the first-season cliffhanger.
The series covered many subjects including drug use, rape, cults, suicide, alcoholism, bullying, abortion, pornography and homosexuality.
The series was syndicated in French Quebecois, and in international markets such as Israel, France, Australia, and Mexico, including eastern parts of the United States under the title Campus.