Eleven state universities would see a funding increase of less than 2 percent this fall under a Republican proposal approved Wednesday by a Senate panel. The legislation - covering universities in the budget year that starts Oct. 1 - differs from a plan proposed last month by Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm. The governor\'s proposal would give a straight 2 percent budget increase to the state\'s three main research universities with medical schools: the University of Michigan , MSU and Wayne State University .