Lindsay served as an external evaluator to the Wellesley College McNair Scholars Program, which employs evidence-based practices to increase the number and proportion of low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented minority women who are prepared for rigorous graduate study in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.  The primary components of the evaluation are the progress of the project toward meeting its objectives; significant barriers to the achievement of objectives; recommendations for overcoming barriers; and unanticipated collateral benefits/challenges engendered by the project. The Wellesley College McNair Scholars Program specifically targets the persistent institutional barriers to student achievement that discourage underrepresented minority student STEM enrollment and persistence.