Published in the Times Higher Education Supplement, 2nd March 2001, page 23. This version is the result of (heavy) editing by the THES subeditor. The only part I disapprove of is the title!
Serious teaching of grammar is already happening in all our primary schools, and is about to be introduced to English classes in the first three years of secondary schools and in foreign language classes at all levels. Universities should start to prepare for the changes that this revolution will cause in the knowledge of new students.