Departments | Aims Community College

College Programs | Credit, Non-Credit, Transfer | Aims Community College

Admissions | Apply and Enroll | Aims Community College

News | Aims Community College

Aims in the News | Aims Community College

Students | Aims Community College

Page Not Found | Aims Community College

About Aims | Aims Community College

Multicultural Office for Student Affinity, Inclusion and Community | Aims Community College

Affordability | Aims Community College

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.

list-not-following-semantics

October 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Departments \| Aims Community Collegewww.aims.edu/departments	2
College Programs \| Credit, Non-Credit, Transfer \| Aims Community Collegewww.aims.edu/programs	2
Admissions \| Apply and Enroll \| Aims Community Collegewww.aims.edu/admissions	2
News \| Aims Community Collegewww.aims.edu/news	2
Aims in the News \| Aims Community Collegewww.aims.edu/news/in-the-news	2
Students \| Aims Community Collegewww.aims.edu/students	2
Page Not Found \| Aims Community Collegewww.aims.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	2
About Aims \| Aims Community Collegewww.aims.edu/about	2
Multicultural Office for Student Affinity, Inclusion and Community \| Aims Community Collegewww.aims.edu/departments/mosaic	2
Affordability \| Aims Community Collegewww.aims.edu/affordability	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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