Is this a story? If so, then the story is …

This story says that UNH is non-renewing 18 lecturers in the liberal arts to cut costs. Non-renewal of contracts isn’t a story. Maybe the number is a story. But if you read to the 4th paragraph, it says nearly half teach ESL. That’s English as a second language. In a university. Half of me is thinking it’s odd to have ESL in a major university, while the other half is split between figuring out when that’s appropriate and wondering if universities have been so money-hungry they’ve been bringing in foreign students who aren’t qualified.