Since 2004, West College has inundated freshmen and sophomores with materials encouraging them to join smaller departments. With information sessions at Career Services and the residential colleges, increased attention to course design and the distribution of pamphlets describing successful alumni from small departments, administrators have enlarged some departments by as much as 60 percent.<br><br><a href='http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/12/01/news/16816.shtml&#039; target='_blank'>http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/12/01/news/16816.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br>