FCS academic pricing very enticing

Academic pricing on FCS is offered at the university where I work. I know that it's not upgradable. On the other hand, the full price for FCS is just too steep for the time being.
What I'd like to know is when the latest version of the FCS suite was released. My guess is that, if it was a relatively recent release I might be OK with purchasing the academic version and expecting it to be a current product for some time (a year or two?).
Can someone tell me when the latest FCS was released?
Thank you much.

Thank you all for your knowledgeable responses. My university bookstore has FCS at a price that makes it attractive and somewhat lower than the academic price you mention. (However, next week I’ll check on whether it’s an older version that they might be trying unload from their inventory.)
Because I’m fairly new to higher end editing I know it will take me some time to feel comfortable editing with it. For now FCE seems to be doing all that I need.
I’m looking at FCS because part of a project that I hope to be doing will have clips recorded at 24fps in addition to 30fps. I’ve never used 24fps, but I read that FCE cannot edit it.
Once again, thanks for your help.

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