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It should be obvious that making a child that age do anything, or pushing them to, will simply not work. They can make up their own minds, for better or for worse, at that point. I'm sure we all did.
What you can do is try to convince him why getting an education is a good thing. Its a great formative experience, and you can't re-live it the same after you are 18-19... It also means having an education that gives you broad skills you can apply everywhere... Plus, it's 2003, and more and more workplaces just won't look at someone without a degree. Cutting off most options later, just because he has something now, isn't very smart.
Here's another thought-- pay his tuition, and room and board, and just let him worry about working for living expenses. Getting $30k a year taken care of by someone else is appealing.
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