Colleges and universities use the H-1B visa program to bring in foreign professors and other workers. The Trump administration moved Friday to restrict access to the H-1B nonimmigrant visa program, which universities make use of, as do many other industries including technology and finance, The New York Times reported. New applicants will have to pay $100,000 in order to qualify for an H-1B visa, starting with the February 2026 lottery. “The whole idea is no more with these big tech companies or other big companies training foreign workers,” Lutnick said. higher ed is chock-full of H-1B workers” and that institutions would struggle to operate without international talent.