State lawmakers compromised on one of the bigger disagreements between Democrats and Republicans before voting on the $1.8 billion higher education budget: how much money to give 15 state universities. The state's big research universities - the University of Michigan, Wayne State University and Michigan State University will receive a 2 percent increase, as proposed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm. The other 12 schools will receive varying increases. The proposal was described as a compromise between a funding formula proposed by the governor and a plan by Republicans to increase dollars for schools that have lagged behind others in per-student funding: Grand Valley State, Saginaw Valley, Oakland and Central Michigan universities.