Graduate Students | PennWest California

Undergraduate Students | PennWest California

Alumni | PennWest California

Parent Portal FAQs | PennWest California

The PennWest California Difference | PennWest California

Academic Catalog | PennWest California

Parent Portal | PennWest California

Business, Community and Institutes | PennWest California

Giving | PennWest California

Information for Parents | PennWest California

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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California University of Pennsylvania

Title / URL	Issues
Graduate Students \| PennWest Californiacalu.edu/graduate/	4
Undergraduate Students \| PennWest Californiacalu.edu/undergraduate/	3
Alumni \| PennWest Californiawww.calu.edu/alumni/	1
Parent Portal FAQs \| PennWest Californiacalu.edu/parents/faq.aspx	1
The PennWest California Difference \| PennWest Californiacalu.edu/calu-difference/	1
Academic Catalog \| PennWest Californiacalu.edu/academics/	1
Parent Portal \| PennWest Californiacalu.edu/parents/portal.aspx	1
Business, Community and Institutes \| PennWest Californiacalu.edu/community/	1
Giving \| PennWest Californiacalu.edu/giving/index.aspx	1
Information for Parents \| PennWest Californiacalu.edu/parents/	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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