Academic Pathways | Olympic College

Bachelor's Degrees | Olympic College

Academic Support Services | Olympic College

High School Programs | Olympic College

General Education Development (GED) Prep & Testing | Olympic College

Cashier's Office | Olympic College

Resource Center | Olympic College

Fund Your Education | Olympic College

Computer Labs | Olympic College

Student Life & Support | Olympic College

An `<img>` element inside a link must not specify alternative text that duplicates the
content of a text link inside or beside it.

For example, this code should be avoided:

```html
<a href="/apple">
    <img src="apple.png" alt="Apple">
    Apple
</a>
```

Accessible technologies will tend to see this as "Apple Apple". The correct behaviour is to
specify either a null (empty) `alt` attribute:

```html
<a href="/apple">
    <img src="apple.png" alt="">
    Apple
</a>
```

or to hide the image via `aria-hidden`:

```html
<a href="/apple">
    <img src="apple.png" aria-hidden="true">
    Apple
</a>
```

# Learn more

Read about [Technique H2](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H2) on how to combine
an adjacent image and texts links. 

See the [WAI Tutorial on decorative images](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/decorative/).

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Title / URL	Issues
Academic Pathways \| Olympic Collegewww.olympic.edu/academics/academic-pathways	5
Bachelor's Degrees \| Olympic Collegewww.olympic.edu/academics/bachelors-degrees	5
Academic Support Services \| Olympic Collegewww.olympic.edu/academics/academic-support-services	5
High School Programs \| Olympic Collegewww.olympic.edu/academics/high-school-programs	5
General Education Development (GED) Prep & Testing \| Olympic Collegewww.olympic.edu/academics/transitional-studies/ged-prep-testing	5
Cashier's Office \| Olympic Collegewww.olympic.edu/fund-your-education/cashiers-office	5
Resource Center \| Olympic Collegewww.olympic.edu/student-life-support/resource-center	5
Fund Your Education \| Olympic Collegewww.olympic.edu/fund-your-education	5
Computer Labs \| Olympic Collegewww.olympic.edu/student-life-support/it-helpdesk/computer-labs	5
Student Life & Support \| Olympic Collegewww.olympic.edu/student-life-support	5

Avoid alternative text that is the same as adjacent text

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