Career Development - Ferrum College

Student Life and Engagement - Ferrum College

Visiting Ferrum College - Ferrum College

Dining - Ferrum College

Academic Calendar - Ferrum College

History - Ferrum College

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

August 2025

July 2025

Ferrum College

	Title / URL	Issues
	Career Development - Ferrum Collegewww.ferrum.edu/academics/career-services/	33
	Student Life and Engagement - Ferrum Collegewww.ferrum.edu/student-life-and-engagement/	18
	Visiting Ferrum College - Ferrum Collegewww.ferrum.edu/visit-ferrum-college/	12
	Dining - Ferrum Collegewww.ferrum.edu/student-life/dining/	10
	Academic Calendar - Ferrum Collegewww.ferrum.edu/academics/academic-calendar/	9
	History - Ferrum Collegewww.ferrum.edu/about-ferrum-college/history/	5

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Ferrum College

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