I too have been looking for this for school, but am fairly dissapointed at how much they charge. Im still using a Photoshop 4 license purchased by my father.
If you are a university of wisconsin student, any of the U's.....you can get Adobe Creative Suite for 199.
However, you have to be a resident/student of UW Madison/milwakee/stout/riverfalls...ect
thats the cheapest ive ever seen it.
yes, you do buy it from the school directly. They ship it form their IT department, and yes..they make sure your a valid studen. However, it is the full version for all the software they sell you. Not like a 1 year liscense like some places ive heard of do at colleges.
I believe K-12 actually qualify for the same offer.
And before you ask, no, i will not buy it for you and ship it to you.
I purchase from gradware all the time as they are close enough that I can drive there but you can order online as well. Good pricing on a lot of stuff.