ColdFusion Free NOW to Educators
(Posted on 03-Sep-08)Kristen Schofield gives the details at length, but here is the short version of it. Now faculty can easily integrate ColdFusion into their curriculum and enable students to advance their Web application learning more quickly and easily. I might add that if they are looking for books there is a 3 book set and there is my 'tutorial' book reviewed here for education. 
Availability: Adobe ColdFusion 8 is now available free for download to eligible students and educators through https://freeriatools.adobe.com/coldfusion.ColdFusion 8 integrates with a broad range of platforms and systems. It's supported on the leading J2EE application servers and natively integrates Java, .Net, Microsoft Exchange Server, web services and more. For more detailed information about ColdFusion 8, visit http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/.
*This free offering of ColdFusion 8 is for learning purposes only and not applicable to educational institutions using ColdFusion in production environments.