Marywood Academics | Marywood University

About the University | Marywood University

Office of University Admissions | Marywood University

Involvement | Marywood University

Academic Affairs | Marywood University

Faith and Service | Marywood University

Intensive English Program (IEP) | Marywood University

History | Marywood University

Executive Officers & Board of Trustees Leadership | Marywood University

Office of Student Success | Marywood 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
Marywood Academics \| Marywood Universitywww.marywood.edu/academics/	37
About the University \| Marywood Universitywww.marywood.edu/about/	37
Office of University Admissions \| Marywood Universitywww.marywood.edu/admissions/	34
Involvement \| Marywood Universitywww.marywood.edu/life-at-mu/involvement/	25
Academic Affairs \| Marywood Universitywww.marywood.edu/academics/affairs/	22
Faith and Service \| Marywood Universitywww.marywood.edu/life-at-mu/faith-service/	20
Intensive English Program (IEP) \| Marywood Universitywww.marywood.edu/life-at-mu/student-experience/global/intensive-english-program	16
History \| Marywood Universitywww.marywood.edu/about/history/	13
Executive Officers & Board of Trustees Leadership \| Marywood Universitywww.marywood.edu/about/leadership/	11
Office of Student Success \| Marywood Universitywww.marywood.edu/academics/success/	10

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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