Adelphi University | Higher Education College | New York

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Office of Alumni Relations | Adelphi Alumni Association

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging | Adelphi University

Office of the Provost | Adelphi University

Giving to Adelphi University

Adelphi PATH Curriculum | General Education Requirements

Advancement & External Relations | Making Connections at Adelphi University

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

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Title / URL	Issues
Adelphi University \| Higher Education College \| New Yorkwww.adelphi.edu/	9
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.adelphi.edu/	9
Office of Alumni Relations \| Adelphi Alumni Associationwww.adelphi.edu/alumni/	3
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging \| Adelphi Universitywww.adelphi.edu/diversity/	3
Office of the Provost \| Adelphi Universitywww.adelphi.edu/provost/	3
Giving to Adelphi Universitywww.adelphi.edu/giving/	3
Adelphi PATH Curriculum \| General Education Requirementswww.adelphi.edu/path/	1
Advancement & External Relations \| Making Connections at Adelphi Universitywww.adelphi.edu/advancement/	1

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