Just got a new catalog from Academic Superstore. Adobe is offering crazy prices for college students (about $200 each less than the usual academic pricing) right now on the entire CS packages:

You can take a couple classes at the community college with the money you'll save!

The standard academic licensing is pretty broad and includes all levels of school from elementary through college, and as a parent of a child in school, and of course teachers. This particular promo only applies to college students, which they define as at least a 2 year degreed program.

Not sure if that would fall under the regular academic guidelines. The Adobe site would probably be the best place to check.

Just a note about the Student Editions -

I do some work with Adobe - you can get the Student Editions of Creative Suite 4 for up to 80% off, as long as you're a student an accredited university.   You can find all the eligibility requirements at http://studenteditions.adobe.com.

The Student Editions have all the features and functionalities of the full version of Creative Suite 4.  Another benefit to not pirating - with the Student Editions, you're eligible to upgrade to the full commercial version after you graduate, for just the price of the upgrade.

Any questions, let me know!