Registration

IT Services

Areas of Study

Disability Access Center (DAC)

Faculty and Staff

Become a Penguin

Clark Directories

Calendars

Governance

Enrollment Services

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.

list-not-following-semantics

December 2025

November 2025

Clark College

Title / URL	Issues
Registrationwww.clark.edu/enroll/registration/	7
IT Serviceswww.clark.edu/its/	6
Areas of Studywww.clark.edu/academics/programs/	6
Disability Access Center (DAC)www.clark.edu/dac/	5
Faculty and Staffwww.clark.edu/faculty-staff/	5
Become a Penguinwww.clark.edu/getstarted/	5
Clark Directorieswww.clark.edu/directories/	5
Calendarswww.clark.edu/about/calendars/	5
Governancewww.clark.edu/about/governance/	5
Enrollment Serviceswww.clark.edu/enroll/	5

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Clark College

Where this issue has occurred