Faculty in Uproar After Texas A&M-Victoria Implements Mandatory in-Person Policy

Faculty in 'uproar' after Texas A&M University-Victoria implements mandatory in-person policy

A professor's advocacy said many of the faculty live at least two hours away and have worked remotely for nearly two years.

Faculty in uproar after Texas A&M-Victoria implements mandatory in-person policy

By Megan Menchaca, The Texas Tribune August 24, 2026 A shift to daily on-campus requirements has Texas A&M University-Victoria faculty in an “uproar” at the start of this semester after years of remote work that allowed many of them to live more than two hours away, officials from a professor advocacy group said. The new…

Faculty Quit as Texas University Orders Them Back to Campus

The new policy, announced in June, is a response to a Texas law restricting remote work for public university faculty. The Texas AAUP says it has prompted chaos and tears. A number of faculty members at Texas A&M University–Victoria have quit after the university announced in late June that full-time faculty are required to be on campus for eight hours a day, five days per week this fall. As a result, multiple classes have been canceled and some…

Texas A&M-Victoria’s in-person requirement upsets some faculty

Many professors live at least two hours away from the Gulf Coast-area campus and worked remotely for years, an advocacy group said.