what's up with multi-city universities like Northeastern?

What do you think of the multi-campus big sprawl of places like Northeastern? They just bought a small college in New York City to add to their campuses all over the US and world.

Is this the way forward for small colleges? Or some kind of inevitability for the ones that can't balance their finances?

Are you at one of these institutions? Pros? Cons?

I'm at a SLAC with massive financial issues. Very realistic, experience-informed fear that our campus might be sold at some point in the not-too-distant future. Wondering if that might actually be a good thing.