Scholarship income should be reported as income to the student, not income to the parent.
I would not report it as self-employment income, though, even though it displays in Box 7 on the 1099-MISC.
In TurboTax, enter it as a Scholarship by using the search term scholarship income in the Search tool and then clicking on the Jump to link that appears in the search results. Ignore the 1099-MISC for the most part but keep it in your records and be prepared to answer any notice from the IRS to explain what it was for, should they inquire.
If there is an award letter or other documentation about the scholarship, I would keep that with the 1099-MISC in a file somewhere easy to find to make replying to the IRS quickly and easily if they send a letter later in the year. (Don't pay extra taxes just to avoid a letter that has an easy response to it!)
You can file your son's taxes for free here: Free File powered by TurboTax.
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