function retrieveCollegeOptionsInst(){
                var req;
                var university= document.getElementById('university');
                var university_id = university.options[university.selectedIndex].value;
            
                if(university_id==0){
                    document.getElementById('inst_college').options[0]= new Option('Select','0');
                }
                var url="./collegeSelection.do?university_id="+university_id;

                //Do the Ajax call
                  
                try{
                    // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
                    req=new XMLHttpRequest();
                }catch (e){
                    // Internet Explorer
                    try{
                        req=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
                    }catch (e){
                        try{
                            req=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                        }catch (e){
                            alert("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
                            return false;
                        }
                    }
                }
                req.open("POST", url, true);
                req.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
                req.send(university_id);
                req.onreadystatechange =  function (){
                document.getElementById('inst_college').options.length = 0;

                if (req.readyState == 4) {
                
                    var textToSplit = req.responseText;

              var returnElements=textToSplit.split("|");
                    if (req.status == "200" | req.status == 200) {                                        // OK response
                        var i;
                        document.getElementById('inst_college').options[0] = new Option("Select", "0");
                        for (i=1; i<(returnElements .length)+1; i++ ){
                           var  valueLabelPair = returnElements[i-1].split(",");
                            document.getElementById('inst_college').options[i] = new Option(valueLabelPair[0], valueLabelPair[1]);
                        }

                    }
                  }

                }
                return true;
            }

            function retrieveCollegeOptionsGLobal(university_id,collgeid){
                     var req;
                var university= document.getElementById(university_id);
                var university_value = university.options[university.selectedIndex].value;

                if(university_id==0){
                    document.getElementById('inst_college').options[0]= new Option('Select','0');
                }
                var url="./collegeSelection.do?university_id="+university_value;

                //Do the Ajax call

                try{
                    // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
                    req=new XMLHttpRequest();
                }catch (e){
                    // Internet Explorer
                    try{
                        req=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
                    }catch (e){
                        try{
                            req=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                        }catch (e){
                            alert("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
                            return false;
                        }
                    }
                }
                req.open("POST", url, true);
                req.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
                req.send(university_value);
                req.onreadystatechange =  function (){
                document.getElementById(collgeid).options.length = 0;

                if (req.readyState == 4) {

                    var textToSplit = req.responseText;

              var returnElements=textToSplit.split("|");
                    if (req.status == "200" | req.status == 200) {                                        // OK response
                        var i;
                        document.getElementById(collgeid).options[0] = new Option("Select", "0");
                        for (i=1; i<(returnElements .length)+1; i++ ){
                           var  valueLabelPair = returnElements[i-1].split(",");
                            document.getElementById(collgeid).options[i] = new Option(valueLabelPair[0], valueLabelPair[1]);
                        }

                    }
                  }

                }
                return true;
            }
//            function populateCollegeList(){
//                alert('hi');
//                document.getElementById('inst_college').options.length = 0;
//
//                if (req.readyState == 4) {
//
//                    var textToSplit = req.responseText;
//
//                    var returnElements=textToSplit.split("|");
//                    if (req.status == "200" | req.status == 200) {                                        // OK response
//                        var i;
//                        document.getElementById('inst_college').options[0] = new Option("Select College", "0");
//                        for (i=1; i<(returnElements .length)+1; i++ ){
//                           var  valueLabelPair = returnElements[i-1].split(",");
//                            document.getElementById('inst_college').options[i] = new Option(valueLabelPair[0], valueLabelPair[1]);
//                        }
//
//                    }
//                  }
//
//                }