CS3 to CS4 Design Premium Student upgrade?

Is this available? My girlfriend has CS3 Design Premium, and is taking a Dreamweaver class that requires CS4. I haven't been able to find a student upgrade. The student version of CS4 is ~$300, which is a bit high considering she already has purchased CS3. Any better options? Could she upgrade the Dreamweaver component separately? That's only ~$100 (not an upgrade, just the DW CS4 student price), but will it create any major incompatibilities, and if so, what would they be?
Thanks,
Mike

Hi Michael,
Thanks- do you have any idea about compatibility of Dreamweaver CS4 
with the rest of the CS3 Premium Design package?
Mike

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