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A Babson Education | Babson College

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Alumni Services, Events, and More | Babson College

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Best College For Entrepreneurship | Babson College

Events | Babson College

Roger Babson | Babson College

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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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For News Media \| Babson Collegewww.babson.edu/about/babson-at-a-glance/for-the-media/	37
A Babson Education \| Babson Collegewww.babson.edu/about/our-approach/	36
Teaching & Research \| Babson Collegewww.babson.edu/about/our-approach/teaching-and-research/	35
Alumni Services, Events, and More \| Babson Collegewww.babson.edu/alumni/	35
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.babson.edu/	32
Best College For Entrepreneurship \| Babson Collegewww.babson.edu/	32
Events \| Babson Collegewww.babson.edu/about/events/	28
Roger Babson \| Babson Collegewww.babson.edu/about/babson-at-a-glance/our-story/roger-babson/	28
Facts and Stats \| Babson Collegewww.babson.edu/about/babson-at-a-glance/facts-and-stats/	28
About Babson College \| Babson Collegewww.babson.edu/about/	28

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