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              GP STRATEGIES ANNOUNCES PAYMENT OF ARBITRATION AWARD

NEW YORK - January 10, 2005 -- GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE:GPX), a global
provider of training, e-Learning solutions, management consulting, engineering,
and simulation services, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary,
General Physics Corporation, has received $18.4 million from Electronic Data
Systems Corporation in payment of the previously announced arbitration award
relating to General Physics' 1998 acquisition of Learning Technologies.
Electronic Data Systems has agreed that the arbitration award is final and
binding and that it will take no steps of any kind to vacate or otherwise
challenge the award.

The Company also has a litigation pending in New York state court against MCI
Communications Corporation and Electronic Data Systems alleging fraud in
connection with the Learning Technologies acquisition. In the fraud action, GP
Strategies seeks actual damages in the amount of $117.9 million plus interest,
punitive damages in an amount to be determined at trial, and costs. Such damages
are subject to reduction by the amount recovered in the arbitration. GP
Strategies will now proceed with the fraud claim against EDS, which had been
stayed until the related arbitration was concluded. The fraud action against MCI
had been stayed as a result of the bankruptcy of MCI. In February 2004, the
bankruptcy court lifted the stay so that the state court could rule on the
merits of MCI's summary judgment motion, which is currently before the court.

In connection with the spin-off of National Patent Development Corporation by GP
Strategies, which occurred on November 24, 2004, GP Strategies agreed to make an
additional capital contribution to National Patent Development in an amount
equal to the first $5 million of any proceeds (net of litigation expenses and
taxes incurred, if any), and 50% of any proceeds (net of litigation expenses and
taxes incurred, if any) in excess of $15 million, received with respect to the
foregoing arbitration and litigation claims.

Pursuant to such agreement, GP Strategies has made a $5 million additional
capital contribution to National Patent Development out of the proceeds of the
arbitration award. After payment of such additional capital contribution and
legal fees, the net proceeds retained by General Physics are $8.9 million. A
portion of such net proceeds was used to reduce to zero the outstanding balance
of General Physics' revolving credit facility, which as of December 31, 2004 was
$6.1 million.

GP Strategies, whose principal operating subsidiaries are General Physics
Corporation and GSE Systems Inc., is a NYSE listed company (GPX). General
Physics and GSE Systems are global providers of training, e-Learning solutions,
management consulting, engineering and simulation services, improving the
effectiveness of organizations by customizing solutions to meet the specific
needs of clients. Clients include Fortune 500 companies, manufacturing, process
and energy industries, and other commercial and government customers. Additional
information about GP Strategies may be found at www.gpstrategies.com and about
General Physics at www.gpworldwide.com.

The forward-looking statements contained herein reflect GP Strategies'
management's current views with respect to future events and financial
performance. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
the forward-looking statements, all of which are difficult to predict and many
of which are beyond the control of GP Strategies, including, but not limited to
the risks and uncertainties detailed in GP Strategies' periodic reports and
registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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