Commencement at Marist - Marist University

Academic Core Overview - Marist University

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Title IX - Marist University

Marist to Become University - Marist University

Academics - Marist University

Marist Locations - Marist University

Page Not Found - Marist University

University Events - Marist University

School of Science - Marist University

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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	Title / URL	Issues
	Commencement at Marist - Marist Universitywww.marist.edu/commencement	10
	Academic Core Overview - Marist Universitywww.marist.edu/academics/core	9
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.marist.edu/	9
	Title IX - Marist Universitywww.marist.edu/title-ix	9
	Marist to Become University - Marist Universitywww.marist.edu/university	9
	Academics - Marist Universitywww.marist.edu/academics	9
	Marist Locations - Marist Universitywww.marist.edu/about/locations	9
	Page Not Found - Marist Universitywww.marist.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	9
	University Events - Marist Universitywww.marist.edu/events	9
	School of Science - Marist Universitywww.marist.edu/science	9

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