Harvard exudes such a materialistic air simply because it is doing its best to attract the most notable professors, to provide the best facilities, and to offer a completely free academic environment in which students and teachers can find what they want and develop to the best of their abilities.
哈佛之所以給人「功利」的印象，也無非是它要盡其所能，出最高的酬勞延聘名師、爭取研究經費留住好學生，再提供最好的圖書設備、電腦系統，以及完全自由的學術環境，讓師生各取所需、各展所能。