So I contacted Adobe earlier this morning and received a response from Mike Riley, Education Manager, Southern California and Hawaii:
...we pushed the release of the new Muse app back to June 18th so at that time you’ll be able to install it much easier and it won’t require an Adobe ID to run. Had thought it would be in May with the new Creative Cloud Packager 1.5 but it’s still a couple of weeks away.
Make sure you check out the new stuff here:
https://creativecloud.adobeevents.com/ccnext/
Also note that Adobe MAX registration is now open (Students can attend for $299):
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Let's see if this holds true crossingfingers
Sincerely,
Noel Arendain
Computer Labs Systems Administrator
Art Center College of Design