These practices are an increasing burden to active researchers. Government policies should be written to allow tertiary education institutions to reduce the burden on staff and overhead of staff involved in activities that are not part of the core business. Fundamentally, it is a fallacy that it is possible to quantify educational outcomes in monetary terms. The pursuit of excellence in the arts is key to the cultural progress of a nation and a civilisation, and cannot be quantified in dollars. There is a tendency for the prime function of tertiary institutions to be viewed as 'factories' or 'production lines' of professionals.
Universities are seats of learning first and foremost.
The long-term success of a university is judged by these criteria over a considerable length of time, which may span generations. It is important to keep the actual goals up front, that is, to produce graduates who think, create wealth, and contribute to society. Short term indicators must not become goals in themselves. It is a positive and exciting step to encourage more New Zealanders to enroll in tertiary education. However TEIs must be compensated for increased student numbers appropriately.