David Longanecker wrote an article in "Change", "A Tale of Two Pities," that described the colliding perspectives of two communities--those who provide higher education and those who create and sustain the policy environment in which it functions. Each of these communities is committed to ensuring that Americans have broad access to high-quality postsecondary education. But each often perceives the other's views and actions as antithetical to its own, thereby undercutting progress toward their shared goal. The 2006 article described why so many within the higher education community felt that the policy community no longer loved them: resources, at least on a per student basis, were in decline; the share of state resources provided to higher education also was in decline; and policy makers did not even seem to be concerned about these reductions in support. Conversely, the article described why the policy community seemed to feel that higher education no longer loved them: higher education seemed more focused on gaining institutional prestige while abandoning the neediest and most underserved students. It did so both by raising tuitions precipitously and focusing more on providing merit-based aid rather than need-based aid. Furthermore, higher education failed to appreciate the financial difficulties that states faced having just experienced a recession, with increasing demands for other services such as Medicaid and elementary and secondary education, all in a new anti-tax climate. This article reviews the evolution of the "two pities" dynamic presented 12 years ago and describes the current situation. Unfortunately, not much has changed. [To view the original article, see EJ745659.]