Florida International University, a new upper level institution offering only junior, senior and graduate courses, is seeking to be innovative in many ways. Communications are of great importance to the University, and to enhance communication with the outside world, several pamphlets and papers are circulated periodically to explain the progress and status of the University. In addition, faculty units have been structured so that each applicant may have a counseling contract on campus before he applies. In the area of student services, application fees are waived for certain students, a computer preregistration process is being developed, and a single University Senate composed of equal numbers of students, faculty and administrators is being proposed. The University is one of the few institutions that has been operating on a computerized accounting basis from the first day of planning operation, and this has aided in planning the 2 flexible-space academic buildings that are estimated to have saved the state $5 million. In academic affairs, a credit/no credit grading system is proposed, the foreign language requirement has been dispensed with, and a performance based curriculum is presently being designed. (HS)