Education

If you received a 1098-T, and BOX 5 shows a scholarship there would seem to be money that she did get.

Based on the IRS:  IRS on Scholarships

If you receive a scholarship, a fellowship grant, or other grant, all or part of the amounts you receive may be tax-free. Scholarships, fellowship grants, and other grants are tax-free if you meet the following conditions:

• You're a candidate for a degree at an educational institution that maintains a regular faculty and curriculum and normally has a regularly enrolled body of students in attendance at the place where it carries on its educational activities; and
• The amounts you receive are used to pay for tuition and fees required for enrollment or attendance at the educational institution, or for fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for courses at the educational institution.

So two questions:

1. Was she a candidate for a degree?
2. Were the tuition and fees greater than the "scholarship"?