Events | Alma College

Apply | Alma College

Our Story | Alma College

Admissions | Alma College

Academics | Alma College

Wilcox Health Center | Alma College

Page not found | Alma College

Academic Support | Alma College

Alumni | Alma College

Life at Alma | Alma 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.

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Title / URL	Issues
Events \| Alma Collegewww.alma.edu/calendar/	2
Apply \| Alma Collegewww.alma.edu/admissions/apply/	2
Our Story \| Alma Collegewww.alma.edu/about/our-story/	2
Admissions \| Alma Collegewww.alma.edu/admissions/	2
Academics \| Alma Collegewww.alma.edu/academics/	2
Wilcox Health Center \| Alma Collegewww.alma.edu/wilcox-health-center/	2
Page not found \| Alma Collegewww.alma.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	2
Academic Support \| Alma Collegewww.alma.edu/academic-support/	2
Alumni \| Alma Collegewww.alma.edu/alumni/	2
Life at Alma \| Alma Collegewww.alma.edu/life-at-alma/	2

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