Throttle, what kind of facial hair styles do you see at the conferences? If these are the sorts of people you would expect to be colleagues in a teaching job, that should be some indication of what is considered the "norm" for that kind of position. And if that isn't indication enough, then ASK what the expectations for appearance are going to be. If the answer doesn't suit you, perhaps you want to look for a teaching position in a different environment, or adapt your appearance to get the job. Fact is, few of us make a living on the awesomeness of a beard... but it that worked, you'd be raking it in!

Triibeard's Thirty-NINE years of being bearded    (The recent journey from a short- to a long-beard)
Introducing LEGO-Sheriff Triibeard     (The origin story for our polymeric polychromatic hero)
Sheriff Triibeard and The Case of the Missing Beard Balm   (In search of that scoundrel RiffRaff)
Sheriff Triibeard and the Hermit Hoarder    (Consequences of acquisitiveness)

In a world of shorn faces, it is our privilege to offer those around us the exquisite opportunity to know a gentleman with a beard.