EXHIBIT 99





Contact: Jerome I. Feldman                      Scott N. Greenberg
         GP Strategies Corporation              GP Strategies Corporation
         President and                          Executive Vice President and
         Chief Executive Officer                Chief Financial Officer
         (212) 230-9508                         (212) 230-9529



                  GP STRATEGIES ACQUIRES LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES
                  DIVISION OF SHL SYSTEMHOUSE (AN MCI COMPANY)


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

         New York,  New York,  June 18, 1998 . . . . GP  Strategies  Corporation
(NYSE:GPX)  announced  today that its wholly owned  subsidiary,  General Physics
Corporation  ("GP") has  acquired  the  Learning  Technologies  business  of SHL
Systemhouse Co. (an MCI company).  In addition,  GP and Systemhouse have entered
into a Preferred Provider Agreement,  under which subject to certain exceptions,
GP will become the  provider of  educational  training  products and services to
Systemhouse for its customers during the term of the agreement.

         Learning  Technologies is a leading  computer  technology  training and
consulting  organization,  with  offices and  classrooms  in Canada,  the United
States and the United Kingdom.  With this  acquisition,  GP Strategies will have
the  full  range of the  necessary  training  disciplines  to  become a  leading
training  company in the  marketplace.  GP  Strategies  Corporation's  principal
operating  subsidiary,  General Physics  Corporation,  with over 2,100 employees
located in 75 offices worldwide,  provides  performance  improvement services to
Fortune 500  companies,  manufacturing  and process  industries,  electric power
utilities, and other commercial and governmental customers.

         Jerome  I.  Feldman  ,  President  and Chief  Executive  Officer  of GP
Strategies  stated that, "This transaction and the announcement of the letter of
intent to sell certain assets of the Five Star Group are major steps in our plan
to focus on and grow our core operation of performance improvement and training.
After the completion of the Five Star transaction,  over 95% of our revenue will
be derived from training and performance improvement services."








         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 risk  that  the  acquisition  will not  achieve  the  commercial  advantages
anticipated by GP Strategies,  such as the production of significant revenues or
profits  for GP  Strategies,  and those risks and  uncertainties  detailed in GP
Strategies'  periodic  reports  and  registration   statements  filed  with  the
Securities and Exchange Commission.






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