Biography
Dr. Alex Fronduto is an Associate Teaching Professor at Northeastern University’s College of Professional Studies and serves as Academic Lead for the M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration program and Graduate School of Education Lead for Strategic Engagement. Based in Boston, he oversees curriculum development, faculty support, and the overall student experience for the M.Ed. program. In his strategic engagement role, he designs and facilitates meaningful connection points for prospective students, current learners, and alumni through webinars, in-person events, and virtual communities. He teaches courses including Foundations of Higher Education, The New Supervisor, Challenges in Supervision, and Strategic Enrollment Management, and serves as chair and second reader for Doctor of Education dissertation students.
Dr. Fronduto’s research focuses on strategic enrollment management, supervision practices in higher education, and the integration of experiential learning into online graduate coursework. He is currently contracted to write the second edition of the Handbook for Strategic Enrollment Management, a foundational text in the field. His earlier scholarship spans both laboratory-based sciences, including research on Kaposi’s Sarcoma-associated Herpes Virus (KSHV) and the Yeast-Two Hybrid System, and education-focused research on team-based learning in health professions education. He has presented at national and regional conferences hosted by AACRAO, NACAC, NEACAC, and the Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy, and his work has been published in College & University and Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly. He also serves as host of AACRAO’s Admit It podcast and sits on the Editorial Board for the College & University Journal. He is the founder of the Higher Education Networking Collective, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to fostering interinstitutional collaboration.
Before transitioning to full-time academia, Dr. Fronduto spent a decade in enrollment management and admissions at a private four-year institution, where his responsibilities included recruitment across multiple student populations, supervision of staff and student employees, operations and data management, financial aid strategy, and event and marketing management. Dr. Fronduto holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Premedical and Health Studies and a Doctor of Health Sciences from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, as well as a Master of Education in Higher Education Administration from Northeastern University.
