It's not about information. It's about learning how to work with others in the context of a complex institution, critical thinking by interacting with others who have different viewpoints, and in the case of post graduate degrees creating new knowledge.
Those things cannot be done over the Internet easily.
Society benefits when people get more educated, period, including better voting decision, more civic engagement, and ability to build social ties across class, ethnic, and ideological lines.
This was a proposal long on rhetoric and short on concrete action steps. Future referendums that are more substantive may be treated differently by voters.
Those things cannot be done over the Internet easily.