Universities and community colleges will receive an average 3 percent boost, partly restoring some of the cuts they suffered in recent years under a budget deal announced by Gov. Jennifer Granholm and legislative leaders. Increases will range from 2.5 percent at Wayne State University to a high of 6 percent at Grand Valley State University. "It's good to be funded," said Harvey Hollins, vice president of government and community affairs at Wayne State. But Hollins said a funding formula used to dole out higher education money for the second year is still disheartening. "When you have increases from 6 percent all the way down to 2.5 percent, it says a lot about the intent of the Legislature in respect to Wayne State," Hollins said. "And that's a perception we still have to work on."