On the other hand it would work in cases where a degree is necessary to licensure. For example, degree repossession would be effective against professions who need a degree as part of their certification to practice. If it is not the case already, this could be made the case for doctors, nurses, lawyers, accountants, professional engineers, etc. such that there would be real impacts of loss of degree even if you could still tell people you had it because you wouldn’t be allowed to practice your profession in the same capacity as before without your license.
(Whether or not licensing is a good policy is a separate question from the consideration of how the mechanism of degree repossession might work.)
On the other hand it would work in cases where a degree is necessary to licensure. For example, degree repossession would be effective against professions who need a degree as part of their certification to practice. If it is not the case already, this could be made the case for doctors, nurses, lawyers, accountants, professional engineers, etc. such that there would be real impacts of loss of degree even if you could still tell people you had it because you wouldn’t be allowed to practice your profession in the same capacity as before without your license.
(Whether or not licensing is a good policy is a separate question from the consideration of how the mechanism of degree repossession might work.)