Excellence is an ideal attribute of high standards of quality of things and people approaching perfection, or of examples of admirable performance or outstanding character traits worthy of praise and imitation. See Integrity, Goodness and Virtue.
Thomas Sowell wrote, "We pay a lot of lip service to educational excellence. But too many institutions and individuals that have produced good educational results for minority students have not only failed to get support, but have even been undermined."[1]