I really appreciate the reply. I looked back in my TurboTax forms and I did select Box 1 and Box 5 as both $2.392. I also selected "NO" if any of the grant was used for room and board and looked through to see if I maybe made any other school related deductions and there are none. My Form 8917 only shows the adjusted qualified expenses of $2,392 so unfortunately the return itself is no help to me to try and track down the error!
The main reason I figured something was going on was I am trying to tactfully prepare for 2020 taxes and came to realize there are actually considerably more "fees" that my university charges me (and I pay) but aren't included in Box 1 of the 1098T because they are not considered tuition... Delving deeper into Publication 970 it eludes that all of these are qualified educational expenses (minus health service fees). We're talking in the realm of $1,500 additional every quarter I've been attending... So, this next tax filing I plan to add these deductions in addition to the information as requested on my standard 1098T, but now I'm worried it is going to somehow not deduct the value from Box 5 again.
Again, thanks a lot for the suggestions. I hope to figure this out and become more savvy with my taxes!!
