Q. Is there a way for me to manually enter this amount?
A. It depends on whether you are just trying to report taxable scholarship or also trying to claim the tuition credit, on the student's return, rather that he parent's separate tax return.
If just trying to report taxable scholarship, on the student's return, enter the 1098-T with 0 in box 1 and the manually calculated taxable amount of scholarship in box 5.
Otherwise, you are doing it the right way, allocate the taxable amount to room & board. There was a glitch earlier, but it has supposedly been fixed. Be sure you're updated.
