Harvard University should be seen as a mainstream elitist university which intends to lead intellectually and also intends to control and direct people as some news reports have shown. Its medical department was seen as corrupt for some time and remained like this after criticism.
I saw Harvard as an servant of the elite and an enemy of freedom you should ignore and after the new regulations this is not really removed.
Though there may occasionally come interesting research from it is not an authority in any way.

http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2010/07/21/harvard_puts_tighter_limits_on_medical_faculty/