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About

After Saint Anselm

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Campus Directory

Information For

Life in Manchester, N.H.

Faculty & Staff

Rankings, Accreditation, & Memberships

Leadership & Initiatives

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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Saint Anselm College

Title / URL	Issues
Offices, Centers, & Instituteswww.anselm.edu/about/offices-centers-institutes	2
Aboutwww.anselm.edu/about	2
After Saint Anselmwww.anselm.edu/after-saint-anselm	2
News & Mediawww.anselm.edu/about/information/news-media	2
Campus Directorywww.anselm.edu/about/campus-directory	2
Information Forwww.anselm.edu/about/information	2
Life in Manchester, N.H.www.anselm.edu/about/life-manchester-nh	2
Faculty & Staffwww.anselm.edu/about/information/faculty-staff	2
Rankings, Accreditation, & Membershipswww.anselm.edu/about/rankings-accreditation-memberships	2
Leadership & Initiativeswww.anselm.edu/about/leadership-initiatives	2

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