credentialism

belief in or reliance on academic or other formal qualifications as the best measure of a person's intelligence or ability to do a particular

Fuller, Alison Credentialism, adults and part-time higher education in the United Kingdom: an account of rising take up and some implications for policy

credentialise ACE addresses the problems and complexity of credentialism, but first it gives a brief summary of the evolution of credentials in the : The current

credentialise Credentialism definition: excessive reliance on credentials, especially academic degrees, in determining hiring or promotion policies