Accepted Students | CalArts

Open Learning | CalArts

BFA General Education | CalArts

Transfer Applicants | CalArts

About | CalArts

Office of the Registrar | CalArts

First time visit: View without clicking anything

404 Error | CalArts

Application Process | CalArts

Academics | CalArts

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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February 2025

January 2025

California Institute of the Arts

Title / URL	Issues
Accepted Students \| CalArtscalarts.edu/welcome/accepted-students	1
Open Learning \| CalArtscalarts.edu/academics/further-study/open-learning	1
BFA General Education \| CalArtscalarts.edu/academics/bfa-general-education/overview	1
Transfer Applicants \| CalArtscalarts.edu/admissions/apply/transfer-applicants	1
About \| CalArtscalarts.edu/about	1
Office of the Registrar \| CalArtscalarts.edu/academics/registrar/overview	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingcalarts.edu/	1
404 Error \| CalArtscalarts.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Application Process \| CalArtscalarts.edu/admissions/apply/application-process	1
Academics \| CalArtscalarts.edu/academics	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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Where this issue has occurred