Personally, I´ve enjoyed Gonzalez´ writing, and dont´t have anywhere near the faith you seem to have in the university system.
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Having worked at a university, I really don't have that much faith in them, which makes it even worse for him. At my most cynical towards universities I'd say these departments require two things: publication and grants. Publication brings prestige and grants bring money, and departments live on prestige and money. Note this equation is entirely separate from any actual academic quest for knowledge or advancement of science. It's simply about prestige and money.
He completely blew it on both fronts while at the university. Cold, hard facts. If he can keep up a high refereed publication rate and keep the grant money rolling in, they don't care if he's personally a young-earth creationist. He would be a cog in the machine that's producing, and that's what they want.