The Community Development Research Center (CDRC) was founded in 1986 within the Graduate School of Management and Urban Professions and seems to have ceased operations around 2006. According to an archived version of the CDRC's website, the Center "raises awareness and conducts interdisciplinary research on community development strategies and policies intended to revitalize poor urban communities. It maintains data on community based efforts and examines the activities, programs and other factors that contribute to or limit their effectiveness." [1]

The bulk of this series is reports published by staff and researchers at the CDRC, spanning most of the years that the CDRC was in operation.

[1] "Community Development Research Center," Milano The New School of Management and Urban Policy, The New School, accessed September 9, 2019, https://web.archive.org/web/20060617143923/http://www.newschool.edu/milano/cdrc/