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Tables which contain information should have clear headers defined.  

In this example, the top row of the table is a header:

| Surname        | City          |
| -------------- | ------------- |
| Washington     | London        |
| Phoenix        | Arizona       |
| Austin         | Travis        |

Notice how without the header here, it would be almost impossible to understand 
what the individual values mean ("Washington" could be a city or a surname). 

It is not enough to just make the headers look differently, as accessible technologies will not 
recognize this (for example, a screen reader cannot 'see' different colors or fonts). 
Table headings must be defined using the `<th>` tag. 

This example shows how a table should use a `<th>` to mark cells as headings. Note the 
use of the `col` attribute, to specify these headings are for the _column_:

```html
<table>
  <tr>
    <th scope="col">First name</th>
    <th scope="col">City</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Washington</td>
    <td>London</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Phoenix</td>
    <td>Arizona</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Austin</td>
    <td>Travis</td>
  </tr>
</table>
```

Tables which are used purely for layout do not need to do this. However, 
[the use of tables for layout is strongly discouraged](https://www.lifewire.com/dont-use-tables-for-layout-3468941).
This check will ignore tables that it believes are purposely used for layout.

Learn more about [accessible table design (W3C)](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/tables/one-header/).

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CSM Campus Hourswww.csmd.edu/about/campus-hours/index.html	16
Paying for Credit Courseswww.csmd.edu/costs-aid/payment/index.html	2
Costs and Aidwww.csmd.edu/costs-aid/index.html	1
Student Information and Admissions Formswww.csmd.edu/apply-register/forms/index.html	1
Paying for Continuing Educationwww.csmd.edu/costs-aid/non-credit/index.html	1
Admissions and Steps to Enrollwww.csmd.edu/apply-register/credit/index.html	1
Student Life & Support Serviceswww.csmd.edu/student-services/index.html	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.csmd.edu/	1
Meet Our Faculty and Staffwww.csmd.edu/faculty-staff/profiles/index.html	1
Page Not Foundwww.csmd.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1

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