Really? No educational upgrade from CS5.5 to CS6 without paying full price?

We bought the CS5.5 educational copy for our daughter in college.  Now she needs CS6.  Called about an upgrade and was told there isn't one, that we need to buy a whole new version or use cloud with a monthly fee.  Basically our CS5.5 is useless now!  I have never been a big fan of monthly subscriptions either.  What a rip off!

Useless? How so? Has it stopped working?
And I think you misunderstand the upgrade policy. You can buy a CS5.5 to
CS6 upgrade but there is no academic upgrade. If your daughter is still
in school she can buy the full CS6  student version or move to Creative
Cloud. If she's no longer a student she can get the CS5.5 to CS6
commercial upgrade or move to Creative Cloud with intro pricing of
$29.99/month for the first year.
The academic price of Creative Cloud is $29.99/month.
Your closing statement here was unnecessary. I suggest you check all of
your facts in the future before ranting, especially here. This is a user
to user forum, not a direct line to Adobe.

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