The Lansing Area Manufacturing Partnership (LAMP) is an academically rigorous, business/labor-driven school-to-career program in Lansing, Michigan, that includes business, union, school, and parent partners and emphasizes work-based and project-based learning, team teaching, and opportunities for staff and high school seniors to establish close and ongoing interaction with employers. The LAMP initiative was studied in three phases as follows: (1) in April 1998-December 1998, the research team focused on identifying issues related to LAMP's implementation and operation during its pilot year; (2) in April 1998-December 1999, an outcome study examined LAMP's short-term impacts; and (3) in December 1999, a study of LAMP's long-term impacts was initiated and designed to continue through June 2004. The studies documented that, in the short term, participation in LAMP contributes to students' personal growth, enhances their employability skills, and improves their preparedness to make education and career decisions. Over the long term, LAMP students are enrolled in postsecondary programs at higher rates than nonparticipants, higher proportions of LAMP students work while enrolled in postsecondary training, and LAMP students take more tangible steps toward achieving their career goals. LAMP also provided multiple benefits to the following stakeholder groups: educators; United Auto Workers/General Motors employees; and parents. (MN)