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Atkinson Graduate School of Management | Willamette MBA

Willamette's School of Law | Graduate Law Programs in Oregon

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International Education: Study Abroad Program

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Life on Campus | The Willamette University Community

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Visit Our Salem Campus | Willamette University Admissions

Screen reader users will see links on a page listed without context, 
so you should ensure the same link text is not used to point to different web
addresses.

For example:

```html

 Learn the latest about our products: 
 <a href="/products/news">News</a>



 Learn the latest about our services: 
 <a href="/company/news">News</a>

``` 

To a screen reader who is listing links, they will only hear:

* News
* News

These links appear to be the same, but they both behave differently. 
One solution, which doesn't require the page design to change, is to add an 
`aria-label` for each link:

```html

 Learn the latest about our products: 
 <a href="/products/news" aria-label="Product news">News</a>



 Learn the latest about our services: 
 <a href="/company/news" aria-label="Company news">News</a>

``` 

Which will be heard as:

* Product news
* Company news

To pass this checkpoint, make sure that links which point to different pages 
have distinct text inside them, or that they specify ARIA labels (`aria-labelledby` or
`aria-label`), or they use hidden text only visible to screen readers
(e.g. `...`) to distinguish them from each 
other.

If links point to the same page (e.g., they redirect or use tracking
parameters, but are functionally equivalent to the user) you can ignore
this issue.

a-duplicate-link-text-for-different-destinations

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	Title / URL	Issues
	All Programs \| Willamette University Academicswillamette.edu/academics/all-programs	100
	Atkinson Graduate School of Management \| Willamette MBAwillamette.edu/academics/mba/	67
	Willamette's School of Law \| Graduate Law Programs in Oregonwillamette.edu/academics/law/	66
	Academics at Willamette University \| Your Path to Successwillamette.edu/academics/	66
	Apply to Willamette University \| Admissions Informationwillamette.edu/admissions/apply/	61
	International Education: Study Abroad Programwillamette.edu/academics/study-abroad	59
	Campus Safety \| Life on Campus \| Willamette Universitywillamette.edu/life-on-campus/safety	58
	Life on Campus \| The Willamette University Communitywillamette.edu/life-on-campus/	58
	Athletics \| Life on Campus \| Willamette Universitywillamette.edu/life-on-campus/athletics	57
	Visit Our Salem Campus \| Willamette University Admissionswillamette.edu/admissions/visit/salem	55

Avoid using the same link text for different destinations

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