[ziadbc]

Harvard educates the world, and you'd rather their mission be a way "improve town-gown relations, by convincing locals to not perceive Harvard as "the other"

Seems completely unfounded, and yes, categorically elitist.

[kcm11]

There are much more effective ways of educating the world without charging thousands of dollars and handing out degrees (e.g. MIT's OCW program).