Academics | Bennington College

Crossett Library | Bennington College

About | Bennington College

Fast Facts | Bennington College

Outcomes | Bennington College

Apply | Bennington College

Life at Bennington | Bennington College

Staff Resources | Bennington College

Newsroom | Bennington College

Welcome | Bennington 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
Academics \| Bennington Collegewww.bennington.edu/academics	1
Crossett Library \| Bennington Collegewww.bennington.edu/crossett-library	1
About \| Bennington Collegewww.bennington.edu/about	1
Fast Facts \| Bennington Collegewww.bennington.edu/about/fast-facts	1
Outcomes \| Bennington Collegewww.bennington.edu/outcomes	1
Apply \| Bennington Collegewww.bennington.edu/admissions/apply	1
Life at Bennington \| Bennington Collegewww.bennington.edu/life-bennington	1
Staff Resources \| Bennington Collegewww.bennington.edu/staff-resources	1
Newsroom \| Bennington Collegewww.bennington.edu/newsroom	1
Welcome \| Bennington Collegewww.bennington.edu/welcome	1

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