Housing and Dining | Clark University

Worcester | Clark University

4+1 Accelerated Master’s Degree | Clark University

Student Life | Clark University

Admissions | Clark University

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Clark University | Challenge Convention. Change Our World.

Facilities and labs | Clark University

Facts and Rankings | Clark University

Tuition and fees | Clark University

When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible name is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a label, but
that label is missing.

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

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Clark University

Title / URL	Issues
Housing and Dining \| Clark Universitywww.clarku.edu/student-life/housing-dining/	2
Worcester \| Clark Universitywww.clarku.edu/student-life/worcester/	2
4+1 Accelerated Master’s Degree \| Clark Universitywww.clarku.edu/academics/accelerated-masters/	2
Student Life \| Clark Universitywww.clarku.edu/student-life/	2
Admissions \| Clark Universitywww.clarku.edu/admission/	2
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.clarku.edu/	2
Clark University \| Challenge Convention. Change Our World.www.clarku.edu/	2
Facilities and labs \| Clark Universitywww.clarku.edu/research/facilities-and-labs/	2
Facts and Rankings \| Clark Universitywww.clarku.edu/about/facts/	2
Tuition and fees \| Clark Universitywww.clarku.edu/admission/tuition-and-fees/	2

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Clark University

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