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Academic material for Florida Technological University/University of Central Florida including individual colleges and certain programs can be found in this series. The College of Business Administration subseries contains memoranda from C.B. Gambrell's time as Acting Dean of the College in 1968. College of Engineering correspondence folders hold material related to teaching institutes, meetings, and a letter from Florida Representative, Robert C. Milburn, in 1972 congratulating Gambrell on the College of Engineering's Accreditation. A petition to reformat seminars in the College of Engineering and Technology can be found in the Senior Seminars folder corresponding with the college. The original petition is sealed for public use; however, photocopies of the petition are available for patrons. The commencement folder in the University Affairs subseries contains a commencement address from executive director of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Allan W. Ostar, from August 27, 1976. This commencement address focuses on the events in history that the graduating class encountered growing up, and the accomplishments that have been brought by the university to the surrounding community. Memoranda in the library folders hold general information regarding the William L. Bryant Foundation for West Indies research; student senate petitions to increase library hours; list of cassette tapes on higher education; interlibrary loan procedures; and, other materials and services offered in the library. An original student application form for the university can be found in the student classification folder.

Series II contains correspondence, reports, notes and pamphlets that shows how the University functioned academically. The materials are arranged in several subseries to help limit searches for relevant information. Files are arranged alphabetically within each subseries. Each College has its own subseries; the College of Natural Sciences became part of the new College of Arts and Sciences so is included in that subseries. The College of Engineering retraining project, named RETRO, was an attempt to retrain space industry workers for other jobs. Branch Campuses follow, and then Research, which includes Graduate Studies as they formed one division during this period. Faculty files provide information about individual senior administrators as well as general information about the faculty's relationship with the university. Undergraduate Studies and Extended Studies form their own subseries. Finally, "University Affairs" was selected as a general title to encompass academic activities that did not fall readily into other subseries.