Southern Arkansas University | College of Education and Human Performance

Campus Directory | Southern Arkansas University

Graduate Studies | Southern Arkansas University

Rankin College of Business | Southern Arkansas University

Southern Arkansas University | Early Intervention Services

Dempsey College of Liberal and Performing Arts | Southern Arkansas University

404 | Southern Arkansas University

Southern Arkansas University | Affordable, Quality Degree Programs

Academics | Southern Arkansas University

Office of the Registrar | Southern Arkansas 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
Southern Arkansas University \| College of Education and Human Performanceweb.saumag.edu/education/	1
Campus Directory \| Southern Arkansas Universityweb.saumag.edu/directory/	1
Graduate Studies \| Southern Arkansas Universityweb.saumag.edu/graduate/	1
Rankin College of Business \| Southern Arkansas Universityweb.saumag.edu/business/	1
Southern Arkansas University \| Early Intervention Servicesweb.saumag.edu/eis/	1
Dempsey College of Liberal and Performing Arts \| Southern Arkansas Universityweb.saumag.edu/lpa/	1
404 \| Southern Arkansas Universityweb.saumag.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Southern Arkansas University \| Affordable, Quality Degree Programsweb.saumag.edu/	1
Academics \| Southern Arkansas Universityweb.saumag.edu/academics/	1
Office of the Registrar \| Southern Arkansas Universityweb.saumag.edu/registrar/	1

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