While not disagreeing, I want to clarify something. Are you getting cash? Or a tuition rebate? Or a tuition discount? Are you also getting a 1098-T?
If you are paying tuition, but less than the full rate, I don't believe the university should be issuing a 1099-MISC. They should only issue a 1098-T showing what you actually paid.
Possibly, the university could issue a 1098-T for the full tuition, and a 1099-MISC for the discount, and that might result in an ok tax position, but it seems wrong to me.
The rules for adjunct unpaid faculty might be different than regular students, but it seems strange to me that they would issue a 1099-MISC for a tuition discount. This might be a case where you do not report or pay tax on the 1099-MISC at all, and you reduce the amount of tuition that you claim toward any tax credits.
