Administrative Capability: 2025-26
Administrative Capability is at the heart of the Title IV regulations, encompassing many of the measures of an institution’s Title IV eligibility. Demonstrating administrative capability to participate in the Title IV programs involves virtually every office within an institution, making compliance a campus-wide commitment and responsibility. Completion of this self-study guide qualifies individuals to take the corresponding NASFAA Professional Credential test.
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Published April 2025
Learning Objectives
Lesson 1: Introduction to Administrative Capability
- Understand the definition of administrative capability; and
- Learn the measures of administrative capability.
Lesson 2: Adequate Resources, Separation of Functions, and Information Sharing
- Providing adequate resources and staffing capable of properly administering the Title IV federal student aid programs;
- Instituting adequate checks and balances by separating the functions of authorizing awards and making payments or disbursements of Title IV funds; and
- Sharing information and preventing conflicting information on a campus-wide basis.
Lesson 3: Electronic Processes, Recordkeeping, and Contingency Planning
- Understand required electronic processes and communications;
- Understand the importance of protecting the privacy of student data;
- Understand the importance of retaining records for the required timeframes; and
- Recognize the value of contingency planning.
Lesson 4: Other Administrative Capability Requirements
- Establishing SAP standards for students to progress in their academic programs and to retain Title IV aid;
- Coordinating Title IV consumer information on a campus-wide basis;
- Maintaining cohort default rates that would allow continued participation in the Title IV programs;
- Disbursing Title IV funds in a manner that best meets a student’s needs; and
- Other general criteria for the institution, its principals, and its affiliates necessary to maintain institutional eligibility.