University Master Calendar

Theatre | Philip Lynch Theatre

Office of Human Resources

Arts & Ideas

Aviation & Transportation Department | Aviation Reporting

About Us | President's Greeting

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Email

About Us

Board of Trustees | Overview

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.

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December 2025

November 2025

Lewis University

Title / URL	Issues
University Master Calendarwww.lewisu.edu/calendar/	10
Theatre \| Philip Lynch Theatrewww.lewisu.edu/academics/theatre/plt.htm	7
Office of Human Resourceswww.lewisu.edu/welcome/offices/hr/	6
Arts & Ideaswww.lewisu.edu/artsandideas/index-ai.htm	5
Aviation & Transportation Department \| Aviation Reportingwww.lewisu.edu/asap/	5
About Us \| President's Greetingwww.lewisu.edu/welcome/president.htm	5
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.lewisu.edu/	5
Emailwww.lewisu.edu/portals/email.htm	5
About Uswww.lewisu.edu/welcome/aboutus.htm	5
Board of Trustees \| Overviewwww.lewisu.edu/welcome/bot/	5

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