From left to right, Nashville Business Journal Publisher Kate Herman; Joe DiPietro, president of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Kimberly Estep, chancellor of Western Governors University Tennessee; Jerry L. Faulkner, president of Volunteer State Community College; and Sidney A. McPhee, president of Middle Tennessee State University, discuss higher education and workforce readiness during a Wednesday panel hosted by the Business Journal at the Omni Nashville Hotel. (MTSU photo by Don Wright)