Sustainability | Whitman College

About Whitman College | Whitman College

Alumni | Whitman College

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Admission & Aid | Whitman College

Communications | Whitman College

Academics | Whitman College

Whitman College

Parents & Families | Whitman College

Our Community | Whitman College

Every page should have a clearly defined heading, known as a "H1" (Heading 1).

A `H1` is the main heading of the page. It helps accessibility by allowing uses to
skip to the main content of the page. It helps all users identify what the page is about. 
It helps SEO by giving special emphasis to the topic of the page.

It is not enough to simply include large text. Headings must be coded 
[semantically](https://html.com/semantic-markup/) as `<h1>` tags, like so:

```html
<h1>This is a heading</h1>
```

Note that headings must contain some machine readable text to be considered valid. 
For example, this heading is not valid:

```html
<h1>
    <img src="company-logo.png">
</h1>
``` 

But with the addition of `alt` text, this heading is valid:

```html
<h1>
    <img src="company-logo.png" alt="About Company Inc.">
</h1>
``` 

Generally we recommend you just use plain text for your headings.
See [Technique H42](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H42) for more details.

missing-h1

June 2025

May 2025

	Title / URL	Issues
	Sustainability \| Whitman Collegewww.whitman.edu/about/sustainability	1
	About Whitman College \| Whitman Collegewww.whitman.edu/about	1
	Alumni \| Whitman Collegewww.whitman.edu/alumni	1
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.whitman.edu/	1
	Admission & Aid \| Whitman Collegewww.whitman.edu/admission-and-aid	1
	Communications \| Whitman Collegewww.whitman.edu/communications	1
	Academics \| Whitman Collegewww.whitman.edu/academics	1
	Whitman Collegewww.whitman.edu/	1
	Parents & Families \| Whitman Collegewww.whitman.edu/parents-and-families	1
	Our Community \| Whitman Collegewww.whitman.edu/about/our-community	1

Ensure every page contains a top-level heading

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