Excellence 3167116 213362200 2008-05-19T00:15:25Z Wikicyberwriter 7134841 Eliminated someone's idea of a joke - inserting their name: It is superiority, or the state of being William Hailes. {{wiktionarypar2|Excellence|excellence}} {{otheruses}} '''Excellence''' is the state or [[quality (philosophy)|quality]] of excelling. Excellence is considered to be a [[Value theory|value]] by many [[organizations]], in particular by [[school]]s and other institutions of [[education]]{{ref|USDE}}, and a goal to be pursued. == References == # {{note|USDE}} {{cite paper|url=http://www.ed.gov/pubs/Excelling/excelling.html|title=Excelling in Math and Science|author=U.S. Department of Education|date=July 1995}} # {{note|Keathley}} {{cite web|url=http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=454|title=Mark #11: The Pursuit of Excellence|author=J. Hampton Keathley, III|work=Marks of Maturity: Biblical Characteristics of a Christian Leader|accessdate=2005-11-24}} # {{note|Kamali}} {{cite news|url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2001/536/in7.htm|publisher=Al-Ahram Weekly|date=[[2001-06-06]]|title=Islam, iconography and the Taliban|first=Mohamed Hashim|last=Kamali}} # {{note|Excellence 2.0}} {{cite web|url=http://www.excellence2.com|title=Excellence 2.0|author=various}} == See also == * ''[[Excellent Cadavers]]'' * ''[[Excellent Women]]'' * [[Excellency]] * [[National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence]] * [[National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence]] Related concepts of excellence: * [[Arete (excellence)]] * [[Eudaimonia]] * [[Ihsan]] Books about excellence: * ''[[Human Accomplishment]]'' * ''[[In Search of Excellence]]'' Awards for excellence: * [[Industrial Design Excellence Awards]] * [[Alberta Order of Excellence]] * [[John Murphy Award for Excellence in Copy Editing]] * [[Bill Finger Award]] * [[Aurealis Award]] * [[J.Timothy Anderson Award for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation [http://www.housingonline.com/] ]] Fictional Awards for excellence: * [[Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?|Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence]] [[Category:Philosophical concepts]] [[Category:Educational psychology]] [[de:Exzellenz (Eigenschaft)]] [[pt:ExcelĂȘncia]]