First time visit: View without clicking anything

About Simpson College - Simpson College

News & Stories - Simpson College

Information for Counselors - Simpson College

Tuition & Costs - Simpson College

Housing & Dining - Simpson College

Only at Simpson - Simpson College

Admissions & Aid - Simpson College

Alumni & Giving - Simpson College

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
First time visit: View without clicking anythingsimpson.edu/	1
About Simpson College - Simpson Collegesimpson.edu/about/	1
News & Stories - Simpson Collegesimpson.edu/news-stories/	1
Information for Counselors - Simpson Collegesimpson.edu/information-for-counselors/	1
Tuition & Costs - Simpson Collegewww.simpson.edu/admissions-aid/tuition-costs/	1
Housing & Dining - Simpson Collegewww.simpson.edu/life-at-simpson/housing-dining/	1
Only at Simpson - Simpson Collegewww.simpson.edu/admissions-aid/only-at-simpson/	1
Admissions & Aid - Simpson Collegewww.simpson.edu/admissions-aid/	1
Only at Simpson - Simpson Collegesimpson.edu/admissions-aid/only-at-simpson/	1
Alumni & Giving - Simpson Collegesimpson.edu/alumni-giving/	1

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