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Using data from the 1960-1977 period, this study prp4ides a range of headccunt enrcllment projections for the Michigan highef education system to the year 2000 by type of institution and by age and sex of,student under, alternative sets of projection assumptions. The theoretical framework, methodology, and vorkidg model developed this study are designed to reduce the uncertaintY associated with g-run forecasts of he deAand for higher edutation and provide a tool that will te of continuing use tc the planning cOmmunity. Enrollment is predicted by examining two factors. First is. the cOmplex economic and demographic phenomena that jcintly determihe the size and distribution of the population Pool feedinghigher, education. Second is the netwcrk of environmental an & behavioral relationships pthat determine participation rates in higher education. The study concludes tha't'enrollment will peak in the.late 1970's, remain essentially statie through the early 1990's and then decline steadily-matil-the mid-to-late 1990's.. Other conálusicns drawn by-the study suggest.that four-year institutions will fare slightly better thaL two-year schools and female enrollments will grow relative to males. Tables include sUatistical information or econtmic.projectionse\enrollment patterns, structural equations, and exOgenous variablcs. Three appendices are provided: Structural Equations an