The Lifetime Learning credit is nonrefundable but the credit can reach up to $2,000.
The Tuition and Fees deduction actually reduces your adjusted gross income and could lower your taxable income.
Assuming your scholarship is just the $25, then you may not even had a filing requirement. If it is $25,000, then any excess of scholarship income over tuition would need to be reported as income.
Please see the link below to determine if you have to file an income tax return based upon your income amount. If you do not have to file, then it would not benefit you to claim the credits.
Do I need to file a return
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