Giving: Make a Difference With a Gift to Goucher | Goucher College

New Student Programs | Goucher College

Visit Campus | Goucher College

Why Goucher? | Best Colleges in Maryland | Goucher College

Faculty & Staff | Goucher College

Learn Everywhere: Study Abroad, Graduate Programs & More | Goucher College

The Goucher Commons Curriculum | Goucher College

Virtual Tour | Goucher College

Explore Goucher | Maryland’s Best Liberal Arts College | Goucher College

Alumnae/i | Goucher College

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

July 2025

June 2025

Goucher College

Title / URL	Issues
Giving: Make a Difference With a Gift to Goucher \| Goucher Collegewww.goucher.edu/giving/	6
New Student Programs \| Goucher Collegewww.goucher.edu/become/new-students/	5
Visit Campus \| Goucher Collegewww.goucher.edu/become/visit/	5
Why Goucher? \| Best Colleges in Maryland \| Goucher Collegewww.goucher.edu/explore/why-goucher/	4
Faculty & Staff \| Goucher Collegewww.goucher.edu/faculty-and-staff/	4
Learn Everywhere: Study Abroad, Graduate Programs & More \| Goucher Collegewww.goucher.edu/learn/	4
The Goucher Commons Curriculum \| Goucher Collegewww.goucher.edu/learn/curriculum/	4
Virtual Tour \| Goucher Collegewww.goucher.edu/explore/virtual-tour/	4
Explore Goucher \| Maryland’s Best Liberal Arts College \| Goucher Collegewww.goucher.edu/explore/	4
Alumnae/i \| Goucher Collegewww.goucher.edu/alumni/	4

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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Where this issue has occurred