Leadership At Merrimack College | Staff, Initiatives, Agendas

Career Resources | Career Development | O’Brien Center

Academics Merrimack | Majors, Minors, Graduate Programs

Arts and Culture | Merrimack College

Graduate Programs Merrimack College | Masters, Certificates

Admissions Merrimack College | Apply To Merrimack College

Merrimack College | Selective, Private College Massachusetts

Merrimack College Financial Aid Office | Financial Assistance

Contact Us | Merrimack College | Employee, Staff Directory

Merrimack College Staff Directory | Employee Directory, HR

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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May 2025

Merrimack College

Title / URL	Issues
Leadership At Merrimack College \| Staff, Initiatives, Agendaswww.merrimack.edu/about/leadership/	1
Career Resources \| Career Development \| O’Brien Centerwww.merrimack.edu/obrien-center/	1
Academics Merrimack \| Majors, Minors, Graduate Programswww.merrimack.edu/academics/	1
Arts and Culture \| Merrimack Collegewww.merrimack.edu/arts-and-culture/	1
Graduate Programs Merrimack College \| Masters, Certificateswww.merrimack.edu/academics/graduate/	1
Admissions Merrimack College \| Apply To Merrimack Collegewww.merrimack.edu/admission/	1
Merrimack College \| Selective, Private College Massachusettswww.merrimack.edu/	1
Merrimack College Financial Aid Office \| Financial Assistancewww.merrimack.edu/aid/	1
Contact Us \| Merrimack College \| Employee, Staff Directorywww.merrimack.edu/contact_us/	1
Merrimack College Staff Directory \| Employee Directory, HRwww.merrimack.edu/staff/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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