In the early years of the new millennium, UW–Parkside was one of 64 universities nationwide, and the only one in Wisconsin, to be designated as an "engaged campus" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Keating stepped down as chancellor in 2008, but his named successor, Robert Felner, was asked to resign in Summer 2008 before he had taken over the position, as he was involved in a federal criminal investigation into possible misuse of funds, related to his time as dean of the University of Louisville's College of Education and Human Development. The investigation included an FBI raid at UW-Parkside of the papers Felner was storing there in preparation for his new job. Lane R. Earns became UW–Parkside's Interim Chancellor on August 25, 2008, and Deborah Ford became the university's sixth chancellor on August 1, 2009.